Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That branch of musical science that is concerned with the pitch and succession of tones—that is, with melody in the technical sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The branch of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The branch of music theory that deals with pitch and melody.

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Examples

  • The first wallpaper this week is for the band Daso+Pawas, a duo comprised of Daso Franke and Pawas Gupta who “combine their cool melodics and understated rhythmic sensibilities into a very original and appealing formula.”

    KN | Kitsune Noir » The DWP with Ghostly + Michael Cina: Daso+Pawas 2010

  • His rubbery ricochets, shaggy beats and wan melodics have a warm introspection. '

    Electronic Eden 2008

  • Settings in which the utterances of the turba, in falso-bordone style, alternate with the liturgical melodics are numerous.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • But it's the group's concentrated melodics that's the real draw.

    The Line Of Best Fit 2010

  • This is a busy attack of melodics and four chord crashes separated by the odd boom and a great guitar break.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2010

  • This is a busy attack of melodics and four chord crashes separated by the odd boom and a great guitar break.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2010

  • His voice, a piercing jet of sound, flew over the jagged melodics, weaving them into a blindingly rapid melody, as Malone and Barron easily grounded him in a modal swing.

    The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Sophie O. Duvernoy 2010

  • But it's the group's concentrated melodics that's the real draw.

    The Line Of Best Fit 2010

  • This is a busy attack of melodics and four chord crashes separated by the odd boom and a great guitar break.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2010

  • This is a busy attack of melodics and four chord crashes separated by the odd boom and a great guitar break.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2010

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