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melody
1[ mel-uh-dee ]
noun
- musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
- Music.
- the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm.
- the principal part in a harmonic composition; the air.
- a rhythmical succession of single tones producing a distinct musical phrase or idea.
- a poem suitable for singing.
- intonation, as of a segment of connected speech.
Melody
2[ mel-uh-dee ]
noun
- a female given name.
melody
/ ˈmɛlədɪ /
noun
- music
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune
- the horizontally represented aspect of the structure of a piece of music Compare harmony
- sounds that are pleasant because of tone or arrangement, esp words of poetry
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Other Words From
- melo·dy·less adjective
- under·melo·dy noun plural undermelodies
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of melody1
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Example Sentences
A department store piano melody plays in the background while he admires everything he can see.
I had to play melody while simultaneously playing harmony with him.
Arriving at the Melody Ballroom, the atmosphere was a frenzy of joy, jubilation and holy bedlam.
He probably heard the song during a Brazilian tour, and the melody simply stayed in his head.
When Paul McCartney came up with the melody to “Yesterday,” he initially feared that it was an old song that he was recalling.
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
And the singers lifted up their voices, and in the great house the sound of sweet melody was increased.
Don't you remember my saying that Liszt had such an extraordinary way of playing a melody?
The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.
The melody or tune is played on one of the pipes furnished with holes for the purpose, while the other three give a drone, bass.
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