Melody

Definitions: Melody

Melody

Noun

1. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven".

2. The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes.

"Melody" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "sing a melody".

Date "melody" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Melody

Domain	Definitions
Fine Arts	A melodie succession of notes. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Melody

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In music, a melody is a sequence of notes, each heard separately.

The main theme is called the melody. It consists of one or more musical phrases, and is usually repeated throughout the song in various forms. Different musical styles use melody in different ways. For example:

Rock music and other forms of popular music tend to pick one or two melodies and stick with them; most variety occurs in the lyrics.
In western classical music, composers introduce an initial melody and then create variations. Classical music often has several melodic layers, such as those in a fugue. Richard Wagner popularized the concept of a leitmotif: a melody associated with a certain idea, person or place.
Jazz musicians use the melody line as a starting point for improvisation.
Indian classical music relies heavily on melody and rhythm, and not so much on harmony as the above forms.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Melody."

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Synonyms: Melody

Synonyms: air (n), line (n), melodic line (n), melodic phrase (n), strain (n), tonal pattern (n), tune (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Melody

English words defined with "melody": ariose ♦ canon, canto, cantus firmus, Cavatina, chanter, component, constituent ♦ descant, descant on, develop, discant ♦ element ♦ factor, Fioriture ♦ ground bass ♦ Har monically, harmonic, Harmony of the spheres ♦ ingredient ♦ lead sheet ♦ Melisma, melodic, melodically, Melodics, Melodies, melodious, melodiousness, melodize, melody pipe, Melop/ia, musical ♦ part, Passing tone, Plain song, Planxty ♦ rag, ragtime, replay, Rosalia ♦ Scena, Siciliano, signature, signature tune, singable, songlike ♦ theme song, tunefulness ♦ unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical ♦ voice. (references)

Specialty definitions using "melody": Altaschith ♦ Cat's Melody ♦ Doeg ♦ hog ♦ MELODEON, MPC Level 1 Specification ♦ Shoshannim-Eduth. (references)

Etymologies containing "melody": Canorous ♦ Dulcimer ♦ Melodeon ♦ ODE. (references)

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Modern Usage: Melody

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Fine, but the melody don't make it. (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner)
Lyrics	The magic melody (Around the World (La la la la la); performing artist: ATC) Well, we're all in the mood for a melody ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel) And change the beauty of the melody (Rock'n'Roll Music; performing artist: Chuck Berry) Love's sweet melody as I love you? ("Blueberry Hill"; performing artist: Fats Domino) I love you like a lyric loves a melody (Wrapped Up In You; performing artist: Garth Brooks)
Movie/TV Titles	Miss Melody Jones (1972) Melody Inn (1972) Raga and Melody (1972) Melody (1971) Hangyaku no Melody (1970)
Song Titles	Play A Simple Melody (performing artist: Gary Crosby and Friend) Unchained Melody (performing artist: The Platters) Unchained Melody (performing artist: The Righteous Brothers) Unchained Melody (performing artist: Vito and The Salutations)
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Commercial Usage: Melody

Domain	Title
Books	Best of Contemporary Christian: Over 400 Songs Melody, Lyrics and Chords (reference) Classic Rock: Melody Line, Chords and Lyrics for Keyboard, Guitar, Vocal (The Paperback Songs Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Melody Time (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Melody A.M. (reference) Melody Melody Melody & More Melody (reference) Sweet Is the Melody (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Emsa 34-Ounce Melody Quick Tip Carafe, Chrome (reference) Precidio Garden Melody 60-Ounce Acrylic Pitcher (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Photo Album: Melody

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Miss Melody Sutherland, nurse in charge of the School Dental Clinic ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Winton Cleale..		Dandy Jim, from Carolina; a popular Negro melody, as sung by B. Williams / /Lith. of Endicott.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Some of Melody Tillery's family (rural rehabilitation client), Pike County, near Tray, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		Some of Melody Tillery's family (rural rehabilitation client), Pike County, near Tray, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Melody Tillery (rural rehabilitation client) and one of supervisors diescussing some of his livestock: cows and pigs. Pike County, near Tray, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mr. Hydrick looking over some of Melody Tillery's (rural rehabilitation client) livestock: two cows and some pigs. Pike County, near Tray, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mrs. Melody Tillery (RR-Rural Rehabilitation family) with her children on porch of their home. Pike County, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		Celebrate Halloween with an evening of jazz & blues, starring Bea Smith and Melody Jones, renowned musicians and community activists.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Sounds Captioned with "Melody".

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Scalar melody with arpeggiated and chordal accompaniment.		Synthesized strings playing a simple melody.
	An Irish folk ensemble featuring mandolins with the melody.		Chicago blues style piece with amplified harmonica as melody instrument.
	A typical English folk melody played on piano.		Drum styles from West Africa with synthesized flute melody typical of South America.
	A hymn-like melody played in a chorale style on piano typical of the Romantic era.		Piano and saxophone unison minor melody in a jazz shuttle style.
	Very quick supporting melody and repetitive piano melody with environmental sounds.		A bamboo flute playing a slow minor melody very rubato.
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Use in Literature: Melody

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Take from these murmurs of two lovers that melody which springs from the soul, and which accompanies them like a lyre, what remains is only a shade.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Melody

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog is not in favor as an article of diet, but is respected for the delicacy and the melody of its voice. It is chiefly as a songster that the fowl is esteemed; the cage of him in full chorus has been known to draw tears from two persons at once. The scientific name of this dicky-bird is Porcus Rockefelleri. Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Melody

"Melody" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.24% of the time. "Melody" is used about 541 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	85.24%	462	12,719
Noun (proper)	14.76%	80	37,112
Total	100.00%	541	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Melody

The following table summarizes the usage of "melody" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Melody	First name Female	50,000	349
Melody	Last name	400	22,064
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Melody

"Melody" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "sing a melody".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "melody".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Melody	Female	English	Sing a melody
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Melody

Expressions using "melody": attractiveness of the melody ♦ Melody Hill ♦ melody pipe ♦ speech melody. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "melody": melody-and-bass, melody-building, melody-writers.
	Ending with "melody": counter-melody.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Melody

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
melody	670	samsung melody	41
unchained melody	504	melody of life	40
unchained melody lyrics	306	gibson maker melody	40
cape cod melody tent	267	melody beattie	35
fair melody	163	melody in motion	33
nokia melody	123	ericsson melody sony	33
melody anderson	119	melody perkins	32
mobile melody	110	motorola melody	30
melody time	102	melody merrie	29
hair melody o	98	melody foxxe	29
melody home	91	club melody	29
chord melody	81	melody mermaid pichi pichi pitch	28
melody of love	78	brother melody righteous unchained	28
melody thomas scott	77	melody kay	24
melody tent	75	melody mp3 unchained	23
ericsson melody	66	am melody	21
fair melody new	61	indian melody	21
composer melody	56	life lyrics melody	20
composer melody samsung	52	melody patterson	20
melody maker	45	matrix melody	20
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Modern Translations: Melody

Language		Translations for "melody"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		wysie (tune), wys (indicate, manner, mode, point, point out, sagacious, sage, show, tune, voice, vote, way, wise). (various references)

Albanian		muzikalitet, melodi (air, cantus, descant, lay, tune). (various references)

Arabic		‏لحن (air, set to music, tune, write), ‏تناسق الاصوات, ‏إتساق الأصوات. (various references)

Bulgarian		мелодичност (mellifluence), мелодия (air, descant, strains, tune). (various references)

Chinese		調 (harmonize, mode, reconcile, to move, to transfer, tone, tune), 曲调 (Melodies), 旋律 (rhythm). (various references)

Czech		melodie (air, strain, tune). (various references)

Danish		melodi (tune). (various references)

Dutch		melodie (tune), wijs (fashion, wise), deuntje (tune), deun (tune). (various references)

Esperanto		melodio (tune). (various references)

Farsi		صدای موسیقی نوا, خنیا (Music), اهنگ شیرین . (various references)

Finnish		sävelmä (air, piece of music, tune). (various references)

French		mélodie. (various references)

Frisian		meldij (tune). (various references)

German		Melodie (cadence, chant, theme, tune), Weise (air, fashion, magi, manner, means, mode, oracular, refer, sagacious, sagaciously, sage, sagely, sages, sapient, tune, way, wise, wise man, wisely). (various references)

Greek		μελωδία (aria, tune). (various references)

Hebrew		מלודיה (tune), מנגינה (song, tune), לחן (strain, tune), נימה (capillary, hair, string, tang, thread, trace, tune), נעימה (descant, tone, tune). (various references)

Hungarian		melódia, nóta, dallam (air, chant, charm, tune), dal (air, charm, descant, lay, song). (various references)

Indonesian		langgam (custom, style, tune, way), lagu (aria, brogue, song, tune), kidung (song). (various references)

Italian		melodia (descant, tune). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		旋律 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おんちょう (favour, grace, harmony, intonation, rhythm, tone, tune), メロディー , きょくちょう (bureau director, office chief, tune), ふしまわし (intonation), ふし (eternal life, father and child, gallnut, immortality, joint, knuckle, tune), せんりつ (hair-raising, horrible, shiver, shudder, terrible, tremble with fear), かきょく (song, tune), かいちょう (chairman, euphony, excellent condition, gambling, harmony, president, sea bird, the ileum, unity, unveiling a Buddhist image). (various references)

Korean		멜로디 (Melodies). (various references)

Papiamen		melodia (tune). (various references)

Pig Latin		elodymay

Portuguese		melodia (aria, descant, Diapason, music, tune). (various references)

Romanian		melodie (chime, descant, note, song, tune), temã (chapter, exercise, frame, lesson, stem, subject, task, theme, topic), caracter melodic, cântec (air, cantus, Carol, descant, ditty, epithalamium, glee, lay, lied, lieder, note, song, tune), arie (air, area, extent, surface, tune, zone). (various references)

Russian		мелодия (air, tune). (various references)

Scottish		fonn (a tune, an air, good humour, land, tune), binneas (musical sweetness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		melodija (tune). (various references)

Spanish		melodia (tune), melodía (cantus, tune). (various references)

Swedish		melodi (air, chant, lay, tune), trall (tune). (various references)

Turkish		melodi (air, chime, sound, strain, theme, tune), nağme (air, singing voice, tune, warble), ezgi (tune, warble), beste (composition, setting, tune). (various references)

Turkmen		mukam, labyz (melodiousness), heс (tune). (various references)

Ukranian		тема (chapter, theme, topic), мелодія (descant, note), мелодійність (sweetness, tune). (various references)

Vietnamese		giai điệu âm điệu, du dương (canorous, melodious, tuneful). (various references)

Welsh		melodi, peroriaeth (music), cathl (hymn, lay), alaw (air, lily, tune, water lily). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Melody

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	meloidia, melos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	canor, melea, melodiam. (various references)
Sanskrit	300 BCE-Modern	raga-s. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Melody

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 20
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et amittit pallium in die frigoris acetum in nitro et qui cantat carmina cordi pessimo
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And leeseth the mantil in the dai of cold. Eisel in glas, that singeth dites with peruertid herte. As a moyhe to the cloth, and a werm to the tree, so sorewe of a man noyeth to the herte.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
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Matched Bible Translations: Melody

Language	Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 20
Cebuano	¶ Ingon sa usa nga nagahukas ug saput sa tingtugnaw, ug ingon sa suka ibabaw sa soda, Mao man siya nga nagaawit sa mga awit sa usa ka masulob-on nga kasingkasing.
Croatian	Kao onaj koji skida haljinu u zimski dan ili ocat lije na ranu, takav je onaj tko pjeva pjesmu turobnu srcu.
Danish	Som at lægge Frakken, når det er Frost, og hælde surt over Natron, så er det at synge for mismodig Mand.
Dutch	Die liederen zingt bij een treurig hart, is gelijk hij, die een kleed aflegt ten dage der koude, en als edik op salpeter.
Finnish	Kuin se, joka riisuu vaatteet pakkaspäivänä, kuin etikka lipeän sekaan, on se, joka laulaa lauluja murheelliselle sydämelle.
French	Oter son vêtement dans un jour froid, Répandre du vinaigre sur du nitre, C`est dire des chansons à un coeur attristé.
German	Wer einem betrübten Herzen Lieder singt, das ist, wie wenn einer das Kleid ablegt am kalten Tage, und wie Essig auf der Kreide.
Haitian Creole	¶ Chante mereng pou yon moun ki nan lapenn, se tankou moun ki wete tout rad sou li nan fredi, se tankou si ou prije sitwon sou yon malenng.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Bernyanyi untuk orang yang berduka seperti menelanjanginya dalam kedinginan cuaca seperti menuang cuka pada lukanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Seperti orang yang menanggalkan pakaiannya pada masa sejuk, dan seperti cuka disiram kepada luka yang baharu, demikianlah hal orang yang menyanyikan nyanyian bagi orang yang berdukacita hatinya.
Italian	è togliersi le vesti in un giorno rigido. Aceto su una piaga viva, tali sono i canti per un cuore afflitto.
Maori	¶ Ko te tangata e waiata ana ki te ngakau pouri, e rite ana ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te kakahu i te rangi maeke, ki te winika hoki i runga i te houra.
Norwegian	Lik den som legger av sine klær på en vinterdag, lik eddik på pottaske er den som synger viser for et sorgfullt hjerte.
Portuguese	O que entoa canções ao coração aflito é como aquele que despe uma peça de roupa num dia de frio, e como vinagre sobre a chaga.
Rumanian	Ca unul care kwi scoate haina pe o zi rece, sau varsq oyet pe silitrq, awa este cine ckntq ckntece unei inimi kn nenorocire. -
Russian	юФП УОЙНБАЭЙК У УЕВС ПДЕЦДХ Ч ИПМПДОЩК ДЕОШ, ЮФП ХЛУХУ ОБ ТБОХ, ФП РПАЭЙК РЕУОЙ РЕЮБМШОПНХ УЕТДГХ.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Melody

Derivations
	Words ending with "melody": countermelody. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Melody" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: berluddy, Keldby, malgood, maloady, malody, malory, meldy, Melloy, melodeyen, Melodia, melodie, Melodiya, melodye, melony, melot, Meloy, Metodo, milovy, Mlodych, Molody. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Melody"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "melody" (pronounced me"ludē)
4	-l u d ē	malady.
3	-u d ē	anybody, comedy, custody, nobody, parody, perfidy, prosody, raggedy, remedy, rhapsody, subsidy, tragedy.
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Anagrams: Melody

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-l-m-o-y"
	-1 letter: model, moldy, odyle, yodel, yodle.
	-2 letters: demo, demy, dole, dome, elmy, emyd, lode, meld, mode, mold, mole, moly, odyl, oldy, yeld, ylem.
	-3 letters: del, dey, doe, dol, dom, dye, eld, elm, led, ley, lye, med, mel, mod, mol, ode, old, ole, yod, yom.
	-4 letters: de, do, ed, el, em, lo, me, mo, my, od.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-l-m-o-y"
	+1 letter: myeloid.
	+2 letters: employed, hydromel, modernly, modestly, myceloid, seldomly, symboled.
	+3 letters: comradely, endolymph, hemolyzed, hydromels, molybdate, polyamide, symbolled.
	+4 letters: coemployed, composedly, consumedly, demonology, deployment, endolymphs, gladsomely, handsomely, hypodermal, immodestly, informedly, methyldopa, moderately, molybdates, molybdenum, polyamides, reemployed, symbolised, symbolized, unemployed.
	+5 letters: amyloidoses, chrysomelid, comedically, commendably, confirmedly, declamatory, demonically, deployments, dermatology, dilatometry, maledictory, melodically, melodiously, methodology, methyldopas, misemployed, mollycoddle, molybdenite, molybdenums, moneylender, motorcycled, murderously, plasmolyzed, polychromed, polygamized, polymerised, polymerized, subemployed, unemployeds.
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