as in songs
a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect
this week, we'll learn to play a more complicated melody on the saxophone
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Recent Examples of melodies
O’Brien worked for months, fitting the songs and melodies to Treu’s compositions.
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The 13-track record sees the New York native expertly float tales of love, heartbreak, positivity, and frustration over a dreamy bed of smooth soul, R&B, and bossa nova melodies.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Written in the flush of a new friendship with co-producer, engineer, and musician Sam Weber, the album unspools a suite of folk miniatures riven with discursive melodies as evocative as the cultural ephemera dotted through the lyrics.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2025
Future is like the king of doing melodies.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
Hollow Knight’s award-winning composer, Christopher Larkin, brings melancholy melodies, symphonic strings and heart-thumping, soul strumming boss themes to the adventure.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Singing a variety of melodies, Brown is a Waukegan native who now lives in Winthrop Harbor.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The theme of the dance is accompanied by urgent, repetitive violin melodies and demonstrated with graceful balletic movement.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Many of our studies focus on memory for music, demonstrating that people have a remarkable ability to recall melodies, pitch, tempo, and loudness with surprising accuracy, even without formal music training, suggesting that musical memory operates differently from other forms of memory.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The 13-track record sees the New York native expertly float tales of love, heartbreak, positivity, and frustration over a dreamy bed of smooth soul, R&B, and bossa nova melodies.
—Staff Author, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Written in the flush of a new friendship with co-producer, engineer, and musician Sam Weber, the album unspools a suite of folk miniatures riven with discursive melodies as evocative as the cultural ephemera dotted through the lyrics.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2025
Future is like the king of doing melodies.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
Hollow Knight’s award-winning composer, Christopher Larkin, brings melancholy melodies, symphonic strings and heart-thumping, soul strumming boss themes to the adventure.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Singing a variety of melodies, Brown is a Waukegan native who now lives in Winthrop Harbor.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The theme of the dance is accompanied by urgent, repetitive violin melodies and demonstrated with graceful balletic movement.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Many of our studies focus on memory for music, demonstrating that people have a remarkable ability to recall melodies, pitch, tempo, and loudness with surprising accuracy, even without formal music training, suggesting that musical memory operates differently from other forms of memory.
—Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodies
Noun
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So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Henry decided to pursue music instead of film, with his songs appearing on the soundtracks of his mom’s movies, including Julie and Julia and Ricki and the Flash.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Boise Edelweiss Band, Treasure Valley Musik Meisters and Suono Dolce Tuba Quartet will supply tunes.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025
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Both tracks have now spent well over a decade on the list, which focuses specifically on rock and metal tunes.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Melodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodies. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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