melody
A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
Example
“Alyssa likes to sing melodies while playing the drums.”
Synonyms
- tune
- air
- strain
- melodic line
- line
- melodic phrase
Related words
- cacody
- caco-melody
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μελῳδίᾱ" (singing, chanting).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “melody” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.