as in lyrical
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a sweetly melodic chant
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Recent Examples of melodic
Bassist Dominic DiGesu and drummer Max Bassin make up a top-notch rhythm section, while guitarist Emily Green constantly solos, sometimes doubling Winter’s playing, other times providing melodic riffs.
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Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2026
There was this new kind of a melodic way of expressing emotion.
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Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
26 June 2026
Assembled by Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound from over 100 demos, the tender, intimate album reveals the melodic heart and plaintive spirit of Beeler’s music, which sounds fetching, and occasionally unsettling, in this sparser form.
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Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
24 June 2026
Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.
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Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
On the basketball court, Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler has carved a 14-year career by gliding through space with the melodic flow of an orchestra.
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Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
There has never quite been a critical or scholarly consensus about them, but Bellini, whose music is suspended somewhere between Rossini’s precise brilliance and Donizetti’s rhetorical force, can move audiences with his melodic facility.
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Arya Roshanian,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Where most conversations are half-silent, important figures in Rimbaud’s life are embodied by musical instruments, ranging from overbearing tubas to melodic strings, depending on who’s speaking and their place in the story.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
There’s also a powerful multi-arpeggiator for creating complex rhythmic and melodic lines.
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Terrence O'Brien,
The Verge,
26 May 2026
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2026
There was this new kind of a melodic way of expressing emotion.
—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
26 June 2026
Assembled by Norwegian label Smalltown Supersound from over 100 demos, the tender, intimate album reveals the melodic heart and plaintive spirit of Beeler’s music, which sounds fetching, and occasionally unsettling, in this sparser form.
—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
24 June 2026
Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.
—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
On the basketball court, Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler has carved a 14-year career by gliding through space with the melodic flow of an orchestra.
—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
There has never quite been a critical or scholarly consensus about them, but Bellini, whose music is suspended somewhere between Rossini’s precise brilliance and Donizetti’s rhetorical force, can move audiences with his melodic facility.
—
Arya Roshanian,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Where most conversations are half-silent, important figures in Rimbaud’s life are embodied by musical instruments, ranging from overbearing tubas to melodic strings, depending on who’s speaking and their place in the story.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
There’s also a powerful multi-arpeggiator for creating complex rhythmic and melodic lines.
—
Terrence O'Brien,
The Verge,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodic
Adjective
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While the lyrical concerns remain sadly relevant, Terrestrials can’t help but feel stuck in time.
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While obviously, the lyrical sentiment contains romantic implications, the veritable love affair is really between McCartney and Lennon, their friendship and creative partnership an enviable match.
Adjective
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Also included is a 120-page hardcover book containing photographs by Cognito documenting the creation and promotion of the original album, along with lyric excerpts and handwritten notes from bey himself.
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And that is an ancient literary dynamic—a lyric condition, and a version of apostrophe, of addressing someone who can’t respond.
Adjective
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Fans can watch games on the festival’s 4,200-square-foot main stage screen, attend live musical performances or enjoy food from more than 20 local vendors.
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While more critically than commercially successful upon its release, the movie earned Brooks an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and then later served as the basis for the hit Broadway musical (which itself was turned into another movie).
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