melody : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: melody	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for melody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melody n a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" Synonym(s): tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes Synonym(s): melody, tonal pattern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melody \Mel"ody\, n.; pl. {Melodies}. [OE. melodie, F. m[82]lodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr. [?] a singing, choral song, fr. [?] musical, melodious; [?] song, tune + [?] song. See {Ode}.] 1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. --Shak. 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. 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. 3. The air or tune of a musical piece. Syn: See {Harmony}.