Related Words for melody

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tune
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Noun, Noun
line
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Noun, Noun
strain
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Noun, Noun
air
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Noun, Noun
song
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Noun
harmony
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Noun
rhythm
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Noun
syncopation
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Noun
chords
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Noun
lyric
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Noun
rhythmic
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Adjective
riff
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Noun
ballad
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Noun
hymn
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Noun
vocals
/x
Noun
chorus
/x
Noun
lilting
/x
Noun, Verb
harmonic
x/x
Noun
syncopated
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Adjective
sonority
x/xx
Noun
rhythmical
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Adjective
contrapuntal
x//x
Adjective
lyricism
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Noun
music
/x
Noun
piano
x/x
Noun
musical
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Adjective
guitar
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Noun
sequence
/x
Noun
note
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Noun
motif
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Noun
rosalia
xx/x
Name
theme
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Noun
phrasing
/x
Noun
part
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Noun
figure
/x
Noun
scale
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Noun
consecutive
x/xx
Adjective
idea
x/x
Noun
chroma
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Noun
analysis
x/xx
Noun
symphony
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Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
home
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Noun
voicing
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Noun
sketch
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Noun
measure
/x
Noun
tonality
x/xx
Noun
keynote
/x
Noun
trope
x
Noun
underlay
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Verb
point
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Noun
musical instrument
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
sheet music
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Phrase, Noun
polyphony
x/xx
Noun
gamut
/x
Noun
palette
/x
Noun
gradation
x/x
Noun
tone
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Noun
intonation
xx/x
Noun
ligature
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Noun
modulation
xx/x
Noun
modality
x/xx
Noun
melodrama
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Noun
compass
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Noun
canto
/x
Noun
leitmotif
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Noun
upbeat
/x
Adjective
progression
x/x
Noun
post
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Noun
selection
x/x
Noun
subject
x/
Noun
serenade
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Noun
movement
/x
Noun
grace
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Noun
fill
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Verb
canon
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Noun
unchained
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Adjective
snatch
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Noun
harps
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Noun
chorale
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Noun
hum
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Verb
haunting
/x
Adjective, Verb
unison
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Adjective
accompaniment
x/xx
Noun
pentatonic
/x/x
Adjective
entrancing
x/x
Adjective
counterpoint
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Noun
diatonic
xx/x
Adjective
notated
/xx
Verb, Adjective
crooning
/x
Verb
catchy
/x
Adjective
reprise
x/
Noun
unheard
x/
Adjective
refrain
x/
Noun
vocalic
/xx
Adjective
languorous
/xx
Adjective
adagio
x/xx
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
aria
/xx
Noun
beat
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
chanson
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Noun
chime
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Noun, Verb
chordal
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Adjective
consonance
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Noun
cornet
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Noun
dissonant
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Adjective
duet
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Noun, Verb
fanfare
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Noun, Verb
flourish
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Verb, Noun
flute
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Noun, Verb
harpsichord
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Noun
lay
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
lullaby
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Noun, Verb
percussive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
sax
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Noun, Verb
saxophone
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Noun, Verb
signature
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Noun, Adjective
signature tune
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
soulful
/x
Adjective, Noun
sound
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
staccato
x/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
story
/x
Noun, Verb
tale
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Noun, Verb
tenor
/x
Noun, Adjective
theme song
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Phrase, Noun
tonic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
waltz
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Noun, Verb
woodwind
/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
cloth
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Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
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Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
oh
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Noun, Verb
maypole
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Noun, Verb