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melodic Definition

me·lodic (mə lädik)

adjective

  1. of, or having the nature of, melody
  2. melodious

Etymology: Fr mélodique < LL melodicus

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melodic Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: The background to this composition has an almost ambient and spacey feel, while the foreground is more jazz inspired while remaining very melodic.

Modifies a noun

  • chorus: I love doing the machine-gun riffs with the melodic choruses... "
  • rocker: The CD starts with the uptempo melodic rocker " Let's talk about love " , which has a very catchy excellent AOR chorus.
  • electronica: Unlike today's innocuous chill-out producers, FSOL always laced their melodic, rhythmically deft electronica with arsenic.
  • sensibility: Essential lead guitar is comprised of an equal mix of tone, feeling, and melodic sensibilities.
  • invention: Instead of the usual two themes, his opening movements often have three or four, full of melodic invention.
  • vocal: Someone screaming, then someone else coming in with the melodic vocals?

Modifying Another Word

  • richly: The most richly melodic, timeless and refined music that jazz has produced.
  • wonderfully: It is brutally heavy and wonderfully melodic in a way that surpasses a lot of the bands in this movement.
  • beautifully: And there are some exceptionally strong and beautifully melodic and moving ballads such as 'I'll Know ' .
  • highly: Guitar driven and highly melodic, each song crafts a unique story for itself.
  • strongly: Throughout the decade he bashed out songs which were often musically and vocally stark, but still strongly melodic and memorable.
  • extremely: The layered, heavily textured soundscapes are gone, replaced by a collection of eight delicate, extremely melodic pieces.

Preposition: in

  • way: It is brutally heavy and wonderfully melodic in a way that surpasses a lot of the bands in this movement.