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[Footnote 15: The step-and-a-half (augmented second) is "unmelodic" because it is the same size as a _minor third_ and the mind finds it difficult to take in as a _second_ (notes representing it being on adjacent staff-degrees) an interval of the same size as a third.] 1 whole 2 half 3 whole 4 whole 5 whole 6 whole 7 half 8 step step step step step step step

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

Celine Dion was terrified of bears, but, to be fair, the bears were terrified of her horse-like face and unmelodic screeching, and so nothing came of the plan.

2008 June 2008

His songs are both undramatic (most of them are cabaret-style specialty numbers that stop the action dead in the water) and unmelodic (the tunes are reminiscent of Mel Brooks on an off day).

Into the Woods Once Again 2008

Celine Dion was terrified of bears, but, to be fair, the bears were terrified of her horse-like face and unmelodic screeching, and so nothing came of the plan.

The Singing Bears Of Madawaska 2008

The song is constructed by re- recording the rhymeless dialogue of Thatcher and Burke with singing, albeit unmelodic voices; the result is akin to an operetta.

Archive 2007-04-22 2007

She had an unmelodic name—Nina Goldblatt—and she was a professional dancer.

Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007

Hovering uncertainly between speaking and singing, the voice remains unmelodic, with wayward, part-improvised lyrics which are usually clearly audible despite slurred, irregular phrasing.

Archive 2007-10-01 enowning 2007

The song is constructed by re- recording the rhymeless dialogue of Thatcher and Burke with singing, albeit unmelodic voices; the result is akin to an operetta.

Jack the Singing Giant Killer 2007

Which has been my problem all night: unmelodic songs!

"American Idol" -- It Came From the Nineties. Ann Althouse 2005

To my ear, the chant was unmelodic, at once haunting and monotonous.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997