melodicism

English

Etymology

From melodic +‎ -ism.

Noun

melodicism (uncountable)

1. (music) A focus on the development of melody
   • 2000, Ted Gioia, “Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz”, in Bill Kirchner, editor, Oxford Companion to Jazz‎^[1], →ISBN, page 340:

     No sense of aloofness or distance diluted his warm melodicism.

Related terms

• melodicist