Melodic
adjective
Something that sounds pleasant because it has a pattern or tune.
Her melodic voice could be heard throughout the auditorium.
Often appears as...
- melodic tune
- melodic voice
adjective
Relating to, or containing a melody.
He composed a melodic piece for the piano.
Often appears as...
- melodic composition
- melodic structure
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Something that sounds pleasant because it has a pattern or tune.
Her melodic voice could be heard throughout the auditorium.
Often appears as...
- melodic tune
- melodic voice
adjective
Relating to, or containing a melody.
He composed a melodic piece for the piano.
Often appears as...
- melodic composition
- melodic structure
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Pleasant Sound
Use 'melodic' to describe sounds that are smooth and pleasing to the ear.
The birdsong outside was unexpectedly melodic.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Melodic' implies something positive and enjoyable, often used to compliment.
Your melodic laughter lightens up the whole room.
Pro Tip 3/3Pattern Recognition
'Melodic' indicates a recognizable sequence in sounds, making them more musical.
She created a melodic pattern with her new wind chimes.
Pro Tip 1/3Pleasant Sound
Use 'melodic' to describe sounds that are smooth and pleasing to the ear.
The birdsong outside was unexpectedly melodic.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Melodic' implies something positive and enjoyable, often used to compliment.
Your melodic laughter lightens up the whole room.
Pro Tip 3/3Pattern Recognition
'Melodic' indicates a recognizable sequence in sounds, making them more musical.
She created a melodic pattern with her new wind chimes.
Pro Tip 1/3Pleasant Sound
Use 'melodic' to describe sounds that are smooth and pleasing to the ear.
The birdsong outside was unexpectedly melodic.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Melodic' implies something positive and enjoyable, often used to compliment.
Your melodic laughter lightens up the whole room.
Pro Tip 3/3Pattern Recognition
'Melodic' indicates a recognizable sequence in sounds, making them more musical.
She created a melodic pattern with her new wind chimes.
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Annie Murphy Paul: What...
imitating the melodic contours of those languages. Now why would this kind of fetal learning be useful? It may have evolved to aid the baby's survival. From the moment of birth, the baby responds most to the voice of the person who is most likely to care for it --
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Can you play the sitar?...
music is based on raagas and raagas are like melodic themes that you improvise off of the raga sets the scale the mood the vibe if you will and the musician is then free to explore musical ideas within that structure and there raagas
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What we learn before...
babies cries and on a rising note while German babies end on a falling note imitating the melodic contours of those languages now why would this kind of fetal learning be useful it may have evolved to aid the babies survival from
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Hans Zimmer And...
I think there's an instinctive collaboration and can happen among physicians sometimes it's actually quite liberating starting with with a vocal we have all sort of our melodic concepts of
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Annie Murphy Paul: What...
imitating the melodic contours of those languages. Now why would this kind of fetal learning be useful? It may have evolved to aid the baby's survival. From the moment of birth, the baby responds most to the voice of the person who is most likely to care for it --
Video examples
Can you play the sitar?...
music is based on raagas and raagas are like melodic themes that you improvise off of the raga sets the scale the mood the vibe if you will and the musician is then free to explore musical ideas within that structure and there raagas
Video examples
What we learn before...
babies cries and on a rising note while German babies end on a falling note imitating the melodic contours of those languages now why would this kind of fetal learning be useful it may have evolved to aid the babies survival from
Video examples
Hans Zimmer And...
I think there's an instinctive collaboration and can happen among physicians sometimes it's actually quite liberating starting with with a vocal we have all sort of our melodic concepts of
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Paul Gilbert
American Musician
On a more serious note, my challenges with hearing loss are certainly an interesting journey. The surprising upside is that my difficulties in hearing have motivated me to know my guitar fretboard better. My playing has become much more melodic and intentional as a result.
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Maria Brink
American Musician
I don't know what genre you would put us into, and I'm always telling people that. When I'm trying to explain In This Moment's sound to them, all I can say is that its diverse-sounding, with influences such as metalcore's breakdowns, metal in general and some melodic rock.
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John Frusciante
American Musician
I don't have an extensive background in theory, but the amount of it that I've learned, I've applied, so I have a vocabulary of melodic and rhythmic relationships. And that's all theory is - it's symbols to help you identify those relationships.
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Steven Price
Musician
The realisation that, depending on where we changed from one note to the next in a melodic line, the music could subtly influence the entire meaning of a scene in so many ways was like a door opening to this amazing new world for me.
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Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.
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Helen Slater
American Actress
It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical person - but they have an emotional life, an emotional echo perhaps.
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Mose Allison
American Musician
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
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Nadia Ali
Pakistani Musician
I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.
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Future
American Musician
People respond to something melodic.
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Paul Gilbert
American Musician
On a more serious note, my challenges with hearing loss are certainly an interesting journey. The surprising upside is that my difficulties in hearing have motivated me to know my guitar fretboard better. My playing has become much more melodic and intentional as a result.
Quote examples
Maria Brink
American Musician
I don't know what genre you would put us into, and I'm always telling people that. When I'm trying to explain In This Moment's sound to them, all I can say is that its diverse-sounding, with influences such as metalcore's breakdowns, metal in general and some melodic rock.
Quote examples
John Frusciante
American Musician
I don't have an extensive background in theory, but the amount of it that I've learned, I've applied, so I have a vocabulary of melodic and rhythmic relationships. And that's all theory is - it's symbols to help you identify those relationships.
Quote examples
Steven Price
Musician
The realisation that, depending on where we changed from one note to the next in a melodic line, the music could subtly influence the entire meaning of a scene in so many ways was like a door opening to this amazing new world for me.
Quote examples
Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.
Quote examples
Helen Slater
American Actress
It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.
Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical person - but they have an emotional life, an emotional echo perhaps.
Quote examples
Mose Allison
American Musician
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
Quote examples
Nadia Ali
Pakistani Musician
I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
People respond to something melodic.
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