melody

Example Sentences

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But there’s still so much to learn about harmony and melody from that instrument, you know?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

He goes in for proclamatory melody, each note an event, when punched out by brass and lower string like hammering spikes in the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

On “Pajarito,” a light and whimsical number in Spanish addressed to a little bird, he whistles part of the melody as the circular chord progression invites clapping along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

As the melody plays, the trailer shows the students sailing to the United States before cutting to BTS at Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace -- the backdrop for Saturday's concert.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Indian classical music, for example, does not contain harmony, but only the three textures of a melody, rhythm, and a drone.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin