Percussion instruments play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony.
The dance form of jazz was characterized by a sweet and romantic melody.
It is comparable to what happens when a new note is added to a melody.
He made substantial modifications to harmony, melody, dynamics, etc.
The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody.
Although it was typically a polyphonic setting, the melody would be plainly audible.
There was sometimes an obbligato line above or below the melody.
British Dictionary definitions for melody
melody
/ˈmɛlədɪ/
noun (pl) -dies
1.
(music)
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; tune
the horizontally represented aspect of the structure of a piece of music Compare harmony (sense 4b)
2.
sounds that are pleasant because of tone or arrangement, esp words of poetry
Word Origin
C13: from Old French, from Late Latin melōdia, from Greek melōidia singing, from melos song + -ōidia, from aoidein to sing
Word Origin and History for melody
n.
late 13c., from Old French melodie "music, song, tune" (12c.), from Late Latin melodia, from Greek meloidia "a singing, a chanting, choral song, a tune for lyric poetry," from melos "song, part of song" (see melisma) + oide "song, ode" (see ode).