Melody
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+ | [[Image:Buffalo Gals (1840).jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[music]] series.<br><small>Illustration: Sheet music to "[[Buffalo Gals]]" (c. 1840), a [[traditional song]].</small><br>Maxim: "[[writing about music is like dancing about architecture]]".]] | ||
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+ | In [[music]], a '''melody''', also '''tune''', '''voice''', or '''line''', is a series of [[linear]] events or a [[succession]]. Contrast [[percussion]] and [[harmony]]. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Appropriation (music)]] | ||
+ | * [[Counterpoint]] | ||
+ | * [[Hocket]] | ||
+ | * [[Klangfarbenmelodie]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Line (poetry)]] | ||
+ | * [[Melodic pattern]]s | ||
+ | * ''[[Musique concrète]]'' | ||
+ | * [[Parsons code]], a simple notation used to identify a piece of music through [[melodic motion]]—the motion of the [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] up and down. | ||
+ | * [[Sequence (music)]] | ||
+ | * [[Unified field]] | ||
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In music, a melody, also tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear events or a succession. Contrast percussion and harmony.
See also
- Appropriation (music)
- Counterpoint
- Hocket
- Klangfarbenmelodie
- Line (poetry)
- Melodic patterns
- Musique concrète
- Parsons code, a simple notation used to identify a piece of music through melodic motion—the motion of the pitch up and down.
- Sequence (music)
- Unified field
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