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melody
1[ mel-uh-dee ]
noun
plural melodies.
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a poem suitable for singing.
- intonation, as of a segment of connected speech.
Melody
2[ mel-uh-dee ]
noun
- a female given name.
melody
/ ˈɛəɪ /
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 Word Forms
- o·· adjective
- ܲd·o· noun plural undermelodies
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of melody1
C13: from Old French, from Late Latin ō徱, from Greek ō徱 singing, from melos song + -ō徱, from aoidein to sing
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See harmony.
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A Complicated Woman might be as cutting and powerful as its predecessor, but the melodies were designed for stadiums.
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"I loved how a lot of rhythms, scales, melodies and instruments were different but similar to the Irish trad music I had grown up with."
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The melody and the vocal trills that fans came to love were notably absent.
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They called the melody and phrasing a "duplicate" of their own songs.
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Critics called them a "game-changer" as their uniquely playful blend of 1990s R&B and sugar-coated pop melodies broke through a K-pop market dominated by electronic beats.
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