Words and phrases that have a meaning related to melody: (208 results)
Contains:
musical phrase, phrase
Often used in the same context:
harmonies, chords, lyric, lilting, lyricism, vocals, song, backbeat, jazzy, musicality, legato, arpeggios, falsetto, ballad, ostinato, raga, vibrato, timbres, pizzicato, lullaby, sonority, polyrhythms, glissando, rubato, fingerpicking, choruses, woodwinds, ride cymbal, handclaps, syncopation, crescendos, tunes, pentatonic scale, melancholy, chaconne, arioso, riffs, rhythms, tremolos, acoustic guitar, euphony, torchy, toccata, cantabile, portamento, tunefulness, outro, cadenza, chromaticism, harmonic, phrasing, melodiousness, piano, polyrhythm, diatonic scale, ragas, tempos, songcraft, tonality, decrescendo, pianissimo, synthesizer, synths, passacaglia, intonation, scat singing, balladry, dirge, recitative, bass clef, barrelhouse, plaintiveness, soulfulness, compositions, vibraphone, allegro, obbligato, harmonic progression, percussion, solos, berceuse, cello, fugues, timpani, ballade, mozartian, scherzo, guitar, andantino, percussive instrument, andante, alap, allegretto, cadences, sonata, fortissimo, kriti, staccatos, da capo, gigue, trill, melodist, melodies, tune, aria, cadence, refrain, chime, lilt, waltz, adagio, duet, serenade, story, symphony, tale, tenor, waltzes, syncopated, chord, chordal, pentatonic, melodic, woodwind, chromatic, cornet, diatonic, dissonant, dulcet, flute, harpsichord, melismatic, percussive, soulful, staccato, arpeggiated, atonal, beat
More specific:
fanfare, flourish, idea, leitmotif, leitmotiv, melodic theme, musical theme, part, signature, signature tune, theme, theme song, voice
Appears in the definition of:
., accepted, ariose, canon, canto, cantus firmus, chanter, complex, constituent, contour, descant, descant on, develop, discant, ground bass, harmonic, hum, inversion, lead sheet, melodic, melodically, melodious, melodiousness, melodise, melodize, melody pipe, modulate, musical, part, play, rag, ragtime, reharmonize, replay, severable, signature, signature tune, singable, songlike, spiel, theme song, tunefulness, unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical, voice, whistle
More general:
music, musical perception
Synonyms:
Also try:air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tonal pattern
— Adjectives for melody: same, sweet, simple, beautiful, original, vocal, plaintive, main, soft, haunting, single, more...
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