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Monodical :: Monodical (a.) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic..

Cavatina :: Cavatina (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used..

Melodize :: Melodize (v. t.) To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody..

Ground :: Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody..

Fioriture :: Fioriture (n. pl.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) Sound modulated; melody.

Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..

Tune :: Tune (v. t.) To sing with melody or harmony.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression..

Lay :: Lay (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.

Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..

Swan :: Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon..

Barcarolle :: Barcarolle (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

Croon :: Croon (n.) A low singing; a plain, artless melody..

Charm :: Charm (n.) A melody; a song.

Chant :: Chant (v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing.

Melisma :: Melisma (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation..

Melodics :: Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody..

Lovely :: Lovely (superl.) Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody..

Ariose :: Ariose (a.) Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony..

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