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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..

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..

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..

Chant :: Chant (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music..

Melody :: Melody (n.) The air or tune of a musical piece.

Air :: Air (n.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air..

Cantata :: Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody..

Melodious :: Melodious (a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice..

Melody :: Melody (n.) A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

Har Monically :: Har monically (adv.) In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct..

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint..

Tune :: Tune (n.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air..

Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

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

Music :: Music (n.) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.

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

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..

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

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

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

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