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   Melody , n.; pl. Melodies . [OE. melodie, F. mélodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr.  a singing, choral song, fr.  musical, melodious; μέλος song, tune +  song. See Ode.]
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   A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
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   Lulled with sound of sweetest melody.
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   (Mus.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
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   ☞ Melody consists in a succession of single tones; harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords.
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   The air or tune of a musical piece.
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   Syn. -- See Harmony.
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