Definition of melody

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Melody (n.) The air or tune of a musical piece.

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Tune :: Tune (n.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air..
Har Monically :: Har monically (adv.) In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct..
Charm :: Charm (n.) A melody; a song.
Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..
Lay :: Lay (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.
Ariose :: Ariose (a.) Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony..
Melodize :: Melodize (v. i.) To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
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..
Figure :: Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
Chant :: Chant (v. t.) Song; melody.
Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..
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..
Vocal :: Vocal (a.) Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer..
Melodize :: Melodize (v. t.) To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody..
Rosalia :: Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence..
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..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody..
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Melop/ia :: Melop/ia (n.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody..
Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.
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