Definition of melody

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Melody (n.) A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Ariose :: Ariose (a.) Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony..
Croon :: Croon (n.) A low singing; a plain, artless melody..
Fioriture :: Fioriture (n. pl.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.
Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..
Aria :: Aria (n.) An air or song; a melody; a tune.
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..
Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.
Charm :: Charm (n.) A melody; a song.
Air :: Air (n.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air..
Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..
Har Monically :: Har monically (adv.) In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct..
Melodize :: Melodize (v. i.) To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer..
Melody :: Melody (n.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression..
Melodious :: Melodious (a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice..
Monodical :: Monodical (a.) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic..
Cavatina :: Cavatina (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used..
Swan :: Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon..
Music :: Music (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
Siciliano :: Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance..
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