MELODY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. Shak.

2.
n.

A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

3.
n.

The air or tune of a musical piece.


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