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Croon :: Croon (n.) A low singing; a plain, artless melody..

Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..

Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint..

Music :: Music (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.

Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.

Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..

Melodic :: Melodic (a.) Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious..

Har Monically :: Har monically (adv.) In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct..

Aria :: Aria (n.) An air or song; a melody; a tune.

Barcarolle :: Barcarolle (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

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..

Melodize :: Melodize (v. t.) To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..

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..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..

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..

Chant :: Chant (v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing.

Cantata :: Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody..

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