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Synonyms for melody

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Synonyms for melody

a pleasing succession of musical tones forming a usually brief aesthetic unit

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Synonyms for melody

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Next in order to harmonies, rhythms will naturally follow, and they should be subject to the same rules, for we ought not to seek out complex systems of metre, or metres of every kind, but rather to discover what rhythms are the expressions of a courageous and harmonious life; and when we have found them, we shall adapt the foot and the melody to words having a like spirit, not the words to the foot and melody.
All such feeding and living may be rightly compared by us to melody and song composed in the panharmonic style, and in all the rhythms.
The melody of George was simple and plaintive; he aimed at no extraordinary exhibition of skill, and it was difficult to compare his music with that of Seymour.
The labial melody with which the Typee girls carry on an ordinary conversation, giving a musical prolongation to the final syllable of every sentence, and chirping out some of the words with a liquid, bird-like accent, was singularly pleasing.
So they sang to a joyous, tinkling melody as follows:
The interior, in spite of the melody, struck upon the girl's senses with an unspeakable dreariness.
With all the challenges she has hurdled over the past four years, finally holding a diploma in Education is a hope fulfilled not only for Melody Adjiari, the first Badjao who finished a degree, but also to the entire coastal community of Seaside 2, Brgy.
Melody Gospel TV show both financially and with a venue for six months.
Dancing on Ice star Melody Thornton could miss tomorrow night's show after suffering a horrific fall in training.
MELODY Thornton has ruled out finding love on Dancing On Ice after her Pussycat Doll pal Ashley Roberts fell for a Strictly professional dancer.
'She took the Hong Kong dollar and tried to get money for her daughter's educational needs,' Melody's lawyer was quoted as saying.
Melody Agbisit: Purpose-driven millennial !-- -- By 2025, millennials those born between 1981 and 1996 will comprise 75 percent of the workforce, bringing with them a purpose-driven work ethic focused on making a positive social and environmental impact.
class="MsoNormalspan xml:lang="EN-GBIn the midst of this Navratri festivity comes a musical blessing for our melody lovers.
TO the thousands of football fans watching her appearance as Newcastle United's ball girl this month, Melody Sanderson would have looked like any normal, healthy girl.