adjective
definition
Of, relating to, or having melody.
definition
Melodious, tuneful.
Examples of melodic in a Sentence
They want songs with strong melodic hooks and good story lines.
When she spoke, she welcomed them with a soft melodic voice made all the more attractive with a Spanish accent.
The most richly melodic, timeless and refined music that jazz has produced.
A must for all fans of the band and also those who love classy melodic prog with just that little bit of bite.
Her music often combines chiseled rhythmic pulsation with a bittersweet melodic and harmonic language.
Clicking noises, echo, very ambient, switching back to a main melodic thread.
Conversely The Glory of Love, with its sweet melodic lyricism exudes calm and equilibrium.
It 's fine, fine material, taking off for the stratosphere and leaving a vapor trail of melodic cacophony in its wake.
Ask them to repeat their tune several times (melodic ostinato ). Experiment with different combinations.
With a debut EP in the shops now, this melodic hardcore punk outfit are showing great promise.
The melodic ' sigh ' (79) of a falling 5th lends pathos to the piece.
But underneath, a dense maze of melodic and gestural underpinnings paddle furiously to prevent the material from sounding prosaic.
The CD starts with the uptempo melodic rocker " Let's talk about love ", which has a very catchy excellent AOR chorus.
Another common feature is that both include a beautifully melodic setting of the Pie Jesu featuring a solo soprano.
This is, in my opinion, the very heart of New Age music; soft, melodic, deeply spiritual, exquisitely beautiful.
It has a limited tessitura, and cannot really provide bass ' underpinning ' to melodic material.
Both bands specialized in chuggy, beefed up punk sounds but at the same time, extremely melodic and catchy toons.
It's fine, fine material, taking off for the stratosphere and leaving a vapor trail of melodic cacophony in its wake.
The computer-generated music consists of a richly textured melodic base tune playing in the background for the duration of the performance.
There's an onslaught of double kick that contrasts with the vocals that follow, the only traditional melodic vocal on the disk.
The peculiar art therein is that while the discords owe their intelligibility and softness to the smooth melodic lines by which in " resolving " they prove themselves but transient rainbow-hues on or below the surface, they owe their strangeness to the intense vividness with which at the moment of impact they suggest a mysteriously remote foreign key.
Wagner's orthodox contemporaries regarded such mixtures of key as sheer nonsense; and it would seem that the rank and file of his imitators agree with that view, since they either plagiarize Wagner's actual progressions or else produce such mixtures with no vividness of key-colour and little attempt to follow those melodic trains of thought by which Wagner makes sense of them.
The dhrupad style is characterized by its somber, dignified and devotional mood, its slow tempo and gradual melodic development.
Loud guitars, driving bass lines and thumping drums, drenched in melodic vocals.
There 's an onslaught of double kick that contrasts with the vocals that follow, the only traditional melodic vocal on the disk.
They are a melodic guitar band with catchy tunes and infectious sing-a-long choruses, and somewhat unsurprisingly, they're creating a storm.
It is however redeemed somewhat by the strong and melodic chorus, which is thankfully the most memorable section of this track.
Anyways, the finished versions sound really cool, a bit rougher than the album but still crunchy and melodic.
I found the melodic dictation quite hard but didn't find the rest of the exam too bad so hopefully I have passed.
His melodic invention rarely flags, so that all the parts have true melodic independence and shape.
Satar - a long-necked bowed lute with one melodic and eight to twelve sympathetic metal strings.
Cracking Up bursts with joyously melodic verve, while Blue Bottle takes a turn through spare acoustic blues melancholia to artfully naïve effect.
The background to this composition has an almost ambient and spacey feel, while the foreground is more jazz inspired while remaining very melodic.
It is brutally heavy and wonderfully melodic in a way that surpasses a lot of the bands in this movement.
And there are some exceptionally strong and beautifully melodic and moving ballads such as 'I'll Know ' .
Guitar driven and highly melodic, each song crafts a unique story for itself.
Throughout the decade he bashed out songs which were often musically and vocally stark, but still strongly melodic and memorable.
The layered, heavily textured soundscapes are gone, replaced by a collection of eight delicate, extremely melodic pieces.
You find a suitably mournful melodic idea, then you repeat it.
Like our own Mary Chain, the guitars create a symphony of noise which is tempered by wonderfully warm melodic moments.
Meditation by Antonio Carlos Jobim is a beautiful melodic combination of these two timeless styles.
If you want stress relief and love the cool melodic sounds of jazz combined with a swaying Latin beat, try listening to Jobin's Meditation.
With his deep melodic voice and youthful good looks, Groban has recorded with some of music's biggest names, including Charlotte Church, Nelly Furtado, and Ben Folds.
Their music is a melodic blend of heavy metal, alternative rock and post-grunge.
Single note lines are used in guitar solos and melodic lines that guitar players play in songs.
Their sound has been described as a more melodic form of thrash metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal music that was popular in the 1980s.
Enduring mythical lyricism peppered with political commentary and an aggressive yet melodic rock beat work together to make BOC tablature a hot commodity for guitar players.
With performances in classical, marches, swing and ethnic programs, there is certain to be something for all melodic tastes.
Surprisingly, the original tune is reported to be more upbeat than the melodic lullaby we sing today.
The 1998 album Adore represented an enormous shift for the band and introduced experimental melodic tracks, a darker ambience, and a wider range of vocals from lead singer Billy Corgan.