melody

Noun
  1. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence (synset 107041860)
    "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
    is a type of: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    subtypes:
    • fanfare, flourish, tucket - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    • glissando - a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
    • roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
    • leitmotif, leitmotiv - a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
    • theme song - a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie
    • signature, signature tune, theme song - a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program
    • idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
    • part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    has: musical phrase, phrase - a short musical passage
    same as: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune
  2. The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes (synset 105719862)
    is a type of: musical perception - the auditory perception of musical sounds
    same as: tonal pattern

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