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Melody meaning

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WMelody
  • A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
  • Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs, and are usually repeated throughout a composition in various forms.
  • The true goal of music—its proper enterprise—is melody. All the parts of harmony have as their ultimate purpose only beautiful melody. Therefore, the question of which is the more significant, melody or harmony, is futile.
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Melody
Melody

    Definition of Melody in English Dictionary

  • Proper nounPREmélo-
    1. A female given name.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.
        • Now, against the Beethoven rhythm and the antiphonal outcry (E), the 'celli intone a spacious and somber melody whose beginning is shown at F.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Proper nouns

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en melody
      2. en melony
      3. en Melony
      4. en memory
      5. en moody
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      Meaning of Melody for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "Melody" is a noun, more specifically, a proper noun.
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