Found 3 items, similar to Melody.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: melody
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: melody
melody
n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
“she
was humming an air from Beethoven” [syn:
tune,
air,
strain,
melodic line,
line,
melodic phrase]
2: the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
[syn:
tonal pattern]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Melody
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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