'Melody' definitions:
Definition of 'melody'
From: WordNet
noun
A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
noun
The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes [syn: melody, tonal pattern]
Definition of 'Melody'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. [1913 Webster]
- Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The air or tune of a musical piece. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Harmony. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'melody'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- aria,
- bel canto,
- canto,
- cantus,
- descant,
- diapason,
- dulcetness,
- euphoniousness,
- euphony,
- harmony,
- lay,
- line,
- lyrics,
- measure,
- mellifluence,
- mellifluousness,
- melodia,
- melodic line,
- melodiousness,
- musical quality,
- musical sound,
- musicality,
- note,
- refrain,
- solo,
- solo part,
- song,
- soprano part,
- strain,
- sweetness,
- theme,
- tonality,
- tone,
- treble,
- tune,
- tunefulness,
- warble