What does melody mean?
Definitions for melody
ˈmɛl ə dimelody
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word melody.
Princeton's WordNet
tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrasenoun
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"
melody, tonal patternnoun
the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
Wiktionary
melodynoun
tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
This song has a nice melody.
Etymology: From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
Melodynoun
A female given name from English.
Melody, for this, impossibly, was her mother's name, twinkled in a searching manner over the glasses.
Etymology: From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
Webster Dictionary
Melodynoun
a sweet or agreeable succession of sounds
Melodynoun
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
Melodynoun
the air or tune of a musical piece
Freebase
Melody
A melody, also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color. It may be considered the foreground to the background accompaniment. A line or part need not be a foreground melody. Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs, and are usually repeated throughout a song or piece in various forms. Melodies may also be described by their melodic motion or the pitches or the intervals between pitches, pitch range, tension and release, continuity and coherence, cadence, and shape.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Melody
mel′o-di, n. an air or tune: music: an agreeable succession of single musical sounds, as distinguished from harmony or the concord of a succession of simultaneous sounds.—n. Melō′deon, a small reed organ: an improved variety of the accordeon.—adj. Melod′ic—n.pl. Melod′ics, the branch of music concerned with melody.—adj. Melō′dious, full of melody: agreeable to the ear.—adv. Melō′diously.—n. Melō′diousness.—v.t. Mel′odise, to make melodious: to reduce to the form of a melody.—v.i. to compose or sing melodies.—n. Mel′odist. [Fr.,—Late L.—Gr. melōdia—melos, a song, ōdē, a lay.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of melody in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of melody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of melody in a Sentence
The Residents "Duck Stab":Bach is Dead:
Walking women want to see the southern cross at night And so they set aside a sock, and tie their laces tight Yes mournful is the melody that echoes in their heads Without a beat they march along, believing Bach is dead.
Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa:
A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest, the trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force.
True comedy shows & real melody songs are the two best remedy cures to most of the stress & strain of life
And the melody remains the ladder of elevation to the poem and the love that adores it.
Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey:
Black keys of the piano give good sounds and the white keys give good sounds, but the combination of the two gives the best melody.
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- لحنArabic
- мелодияBulgarian
- melodieCzech
- melodiDanish
- MelodieGerman
- μελωδίαGreek
- melodioEsperanto
- melodíaSpanish
- meloodiaEstonian
- آهنگ, ملودیPersian
- melodia, sävelFinnish
- mélodieFrench
- fonnIrish
- port, mànran, fonnScottish Gaelic
- रागHindi
- dallam, melódiaHungarian
- մեղեդիArmenian
- melodiIndonesian
- melodioIdo
- melodiaItalian
- מַנגִינָהHebrew
- 調べ, 歌曲, 旋律Japanese
- ಮಧುರKannada
- 멜로디Korean
- ئاوازKurdish
- melodia, melodiamLatin
- melodijaLithuanian
- melodijaLatvian
- melodieDutch
- melodiNorwegian
- melodiaPolish
- melodiaPortuguese
- melodieRomanian
- мелодияRussian
- melodija, напев, мелодија, napevSerbo-Croatian
- melodijaSlovene
- melodiSwedish
- மெல்லிசைTamil
- เพลงThai
- melodi, ezgiTurkish
- мелодіїUkrainian
- مہودیUrdu
- giai điệu êm áiVietnamese
- melodVolapük
- מעלאָדיYiddish
- 旋律Chinese
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