melodies

Example Sentences

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Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The lights go down and the orchestra weaves between the steady thump of his beats and vivid melodies, as shadow-like projections are beamed onto a huge circular curtain draped above him.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

I wrote every word that I sing, I wrote every note that I sing — all the melodies — and I stacked all the harmonies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Phrase-by-phrase teaching is best when the song is longer or has a lot of lyrics or complex melodies.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin