Definition of Melody

Mel´o`dy
n.1.
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.
3.The air or tune of a musical piece.


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