melody
pronunciation
How to pronounce melody in British English:
UK [ˈmelədi]
How to pronounce melody in American English:
US [ˈmelədi]
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- Noun:
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
Word Origin
- melody
- melody: [13] Greek mélos originally meant ‘limb’ (it is related to Cornish mal ‘joint’), but it was transferred metaphorically to a ‘limb or ‘part’ of a piece of music’, a ‘musical phrase’, and from there to ‘song’. It was combined with the element ōid- ‘singing’ (source of English ode) to form melōidíā ‘choral song’, which passed into English via late Latin melōdia and Old French melodie. The compound melodrama [19] is of French origin.=> melodrama, ode
- melody (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French melodie "music, song, tune" (12c.), from Late Latin melodia, from Greek meloidia "a singing, a chanting, choral song, a tune for lyric poetry," from melos "song, part of song" (see melisma) + oide "song, ode" (see ode).
Example
- 1. September song : what melody will the market sing ?
- 2. And any melody heard once .
- 3. Finally , all the passages contained unexpected deviations in the melody or the harmony .
- 4. Canadian ryan ard , visiting from ottawa , plays a simple melody from a song he 's writing on the guitar .
- 5. This song has a pleasant melody !