melody

melody
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. tune, theme, song, aria, air. See music.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The quality of being melodious]
Syn. consonance, assonance, concord, unison, euphony, resonance, inflection, chime; see also harmony 1 .
Ant. noise*, discord, disharmony.
2. [A melodious arrangement]
Syn. tune, air, song, strain, theme, line, descant; see also music 1 , song , tune .
Syn.- melody refers to a rhythmic arrangement of tones in sequence expressing a musical idea; air , in strict application, refers to the principal, or leading, melody of a harmonized composition, but it is sometimes used as an equivalent of tune , which is the popular term for any easily remembered melody that identifies a song, dance, etc.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
tune, song, *ditty, musical arrangement, refrain, line, run, lyric, passage, *hook.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit: air, aria, strain2, tune. Obsolete: note. See SOUNDS.

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