melody
See also Melody
English
Etymology
Middle English melodie, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidiā, “singing, chanting”), from μέλος (mélos, “musical phrase”) + ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, “song”), contracted form ᾠδή (ōidḗ).
Pronunciation
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɛlədi/, X-SAMPA: /"mEl@di/
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Audio (US) (file) - (RP) IPA: /ˈmelədi/, X-SAMPA: /"mel@di/
Noun
melody (plural melodies)
- tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, The Subtle Minotaur[1]:
- Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
- 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, The Subtle Minotaur[1]:
Synonyms
- (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase): tune
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
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