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melody (encz) | melody,melodie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Melody (gcide) | Melody \Mel"o*dy\, n.; pl. Melodies. [OE. melodie, F.
m['e]lodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr. ? a singing, choral song, fr.
? musical, melodious; me`los song, tune + ? song. See Ode.]
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1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
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Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. --Shak.
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2. (Mus.) 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.
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Note: Melody consists in a succession of single tones;
harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a
succession of consonant musical combinations or chords.
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3. The air or tune of a musical piece.
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Syn: See Harmony.
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melody (wn) | melody
n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody,
air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
2: the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
[syn: melody, tonal pattern] |
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melody (encz) | melody,melodie n: Zdeněk Brož |
melody pipe (encz) | melody pipe, n: |
melody (wn) | melody
n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody,
air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
2: the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
[syn: melody, tonal pattern] |
melody pipe (wn) | melody pipe
n 1: reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
[syn: chanter, melody pipe] |
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