melodicadj.

Brit.

/mᵻˈlɒdɪk/, U.S.

/məˈlɑdɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mélodique.

Etymology: < French mélodique (1600 as melodic ) < mélodie melody n. + -ique -ic suffix. Compare Italian melodico (14th cent.), post-classical Latin melodicus (6th cent.), Hellenistic Greek μελῳδικός , German melodisch (18th cent.). Compare melodical adj.

a. Of or relating to melody (esp. as distinguished from harmony). Cf. melody n. 4, harmony n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [adjective]

melodial?1590

systaltic1694

melodic1823

horizontal1886

linear1944

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 132 We should not..hesitate to risk a comparison between the best Greek melodic concert, and the melharmonic strains and combinations of a modern performance.

1854 G. W. Röhner Pract. Treat. Mus. Composition iii. 197 Unrestricted Canon is founded upon a melodic subject.

1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. viii. ix. 641 The melodic element in music.

1898 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (rev. ed.) 437/1 The question of melodic progressions, as affecting the excellence of temperaments, is too extensive for our limits.

1932 J. Yasser Theory of Evolving Tonality 375 Tonality, a principle which organically and tonocentrically unites the function of a certain number of systematically arranged sounds..in their melodic and harmonic aspects.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 198 The melodic shape is clearly the most important factor in pre-jazz popular music.

1955 Times 4 Aug. 10/5 What matter that the melodic line is as seductively curved as that of any of the great operatic romanticists of the near past?

1991 Musical Q. Fall 292 Some new elements are added,..including one entirely new melodic turn with a concomitant change of key to the relative major.

b. Designating a version of the minor diatonic scale containing a major sixth and seventh when ascending, and a minor sixth and seventh when descending. Cf. harmonic adj. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales

chromatic1603

octachordala1661

octachord1761

hendecachordal1842

tritonous1847

pentatonic1864

pentaphonic1881

melodic1889

heptatonic1890

gapped1910

twelve-tone1926

twelve-note1928

hexatonic1930

octatonic1963

1889 E. Prout Harmony (ed. 3) vii. 76 This form is known as the Harmonic Minor Scale, the other two being known as Melodic Minor Scales.

1959 J. A. Westrup & F. L. Harrison Collins Mus. Encycl. 575/2 The melodic minor scale, in which the ascending and descending forms differ.

1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music II. 1620/2 The minor scale exists in several forms: the natural minor; the harmonic minor,..and the melodic minor.

1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Diatonic The ‘harmonic’ minor that results is, strictly speaking, no longer a diatonic scale, unlike [the] ‘melodic’ minor, which simply borrows its upper tetrachord from the parallel major.

2. Of a piece of music, a musical style, etc.: characterized by a strong melody; melodious, tuneful. Also (in extended use): pleasing to the senses, charming in the manner of a melody.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

sweetc900

merryOE

softc1230

accordanta1325

well-soundingc1350

cordant1382

sootc1385

songfula1400

melodiousa1425

sugaredc1430

well-toneda1500

tunable1504

dulcea1513

equivalenta1513

consonant?1521

harmonicala1527

harmoniousc1550

consorteda1586

Orphean1593

concentful1595

melodical1596

sweet-recording1598

tuneful1598

sirenical1599

high-tuned1603

nightingale-like1611

soundful?1615

according1626

modulaminous1637

undiscording1645

canorous1646

symphonious1652

concinnous1654

consonous1654

harmonic1667

sirenica1704

symphonial1773

concentual1782

chantant1785

Memnonian1800

melodized1807

Orphic1817

undiscordant1819

concentuous1850

fluting1852

melodic1871

well-orchestrated1872

jarless1876

tuny1885

tunesome1890

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. xi. 162 Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science. But Rosamond Vincy seemed to have the true melodic charm.

1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 235/2 The presence of these factors gives a distinctly melodic effect that is often pleasing to the ear.

1954 Ballet Ann. 8 65 The ballerina is able to assume..a manner of walking which is æsthetically satisfying... Her very walk is ‘melodic’.

1961 A. Hopkins Talking about Symphonies i. 23 Slow movements are normally easy to listen to, being more openly melodic than any other part of a symphony.

1999 Sunday Tel. 8 Aug. (Review section) 3/2 Our mother-tongue..can turn the simplest grammatical construct..into a melodic line that skips like an Irish hornpipe.

3. Designating an instrument that is used to play the melody in a musical composition; (chiefly spec.) denoting an instrument that does not play chords.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes

rural1592

unstringed1597

unstrung1598

keyed1761

fingerable1818

keyless1830

omnitonic1861

solo1862

sewing machine1874

unplayed1875

original1899

electrified1938

melodic1938

analogue1976

acoustic1978

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 287/2 The instrument known as Ondes Musicales..is purely melodic.

1961 C. W. Monk in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xi. 277 Some examples of the Danish Bronze Age lurs, cast in the shape of a mammoth tusk, have mouthpieces astonishingly like modern melodic brass instruments.

1982 G. Jacob Orchestral Technique (ed. 3) 23 The natural function of the bassoon is to provide the bass of the woodwind group, but it is frequently used as a melodic instrument.

1992 T. Portsmouth et al. In Tune with Heaven 151 Single note or melodic instruments.

Compounds

melodic-rhythmic adj.

ΚΠ

1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets i. 9 A melodic-rhythmic counterpoint unknown in European music.

1984 New Grove Dict. Music XII. 121/2 The prolonged struggle between these two basically antagonistic melodic-rhythmic orientations was stalemated throughout much of the 17th century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melodic
释义	melodicadj. Brit. /mᵻˈlɒdɪk/, U.S. /məˈlɑdɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mélodique. Etymology: < French mélodique (1600 as melodic ) < mélodie melody n. + -ique -ic suffix. Compare Italian melodico (14th cent.), post-classical Latin melodicus (6th cent.), Hellenistic Greek μελῳδικός , German melodisch (18th cent.). Compare melodical adj. 1. a. Of or relating to melody (esp. as distinguished from harmony). Cf. melody n. 4, harmony n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > melody or succession of sounds > [adjective] melodial?1590 systaltic1694 melodic1823 horizontal1886 linear1944 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 132 We should not..hesitate to risk a comparison between the best Greek melodic concert, and the melharmonic strains and combinations of a modern performance. 1854 G. W. Röhner Pract. Treat. Mus. Composition iii. 197 Unrestricted Canon is founded upon a melodic subject. 1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) II. viii. ix. 641 The melodic element in music. 1898 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (rev. ed.) 437/1 The question of melodic progressions, as affecting the excellence of temperaments, is too extensive for our limits. 1932 J. Yasser Theory of Evolving Tonality 375 Tonality, a principle which organically and tonocentrically unites the function of a certain number of systematically arranged sounds..in their melodic and harmonic aspects. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 198 The melodic shape is clearly the most important factor in pre-jazz popular music. 1955 Times 4 Aug. 10/5 What matter that the melodic line is as seductively curved as that of any of the great operatic romanticists of the near past? 1991 Musical Q. Fall 292 Some new elements are added,..including one entirely new melodic turn with a concomitant change of key to the relative major. b. Designating a version of the minor diatonic scale containing a major sixth and seventh when ascending, and a minor sixth and seventh when descending. Cf. harmonic adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [adjective] > other scales chromatic1603 octachordala1661 octachord1761 hendecachordal1842 tritonous1847 pentatonic1864 pentaphonic1881 melodic1889 heptatonic1890 gapped1910 twelve-tone1926 twelve-note1928 hexatonic1930 octatonic1963 1889 E. Prout Harmony (ed. 3) vii. 76 This form is known as the Harmonic Minor Scale, the other two being known as Melodic Minor Scales. 1959 J. A. Westrup & F. L. Harrison Collins Mus. Encycl. 575/2 The melodic minor scale, in which the ascending and descending forms differ. 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Music II. 1620/2 The minor scale exists in several forms: the natural minor; the harmonic minor,..and the melodic minor. 1999 Britannica Online (Version 99.1) at Diatonic The ‘harmonic’ minor that results is, strictly speaking, no longer a diatonic scale, unlike [the] ‘melodic’ minor, which simply borrows its upper tetrachord from the parallel major. 2. Of a piece of music, a musical style, etc.: characterized by a strong melody; melodious, tuneful. Also (in extended use): pleasing to the senses, charming in the manner of a melody. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. xi. 162 Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science. But Rosamond Vincy seemed to have the true melodic charm. 1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 235/2 The presence of these factors gives a distinctly melodic effect that is often pleasing to the ear. 1954 Ballet Ann. 8 65 The ballerina is able to assume..a manner of walking which is æsthetically satisfying... Her very walk is ‘melodic’. 1961 A. Hopkins Talking about Symphonies i. 23 Slow movements are normally easy to listen to, being more openly melodic than any other part of a symphony. 1999 Sunday Tel. 8 Aug. (Review section) 3/2 Our mother-tongue..can turn the simplest grammatical construct..into a melodic line that skips like an Irish hornpipe. 3. Designating an instrument that is used to play the melody in a musical composition; (chiefly spec.) denoting an instrument that does not play chords. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes rural1592 unstringed1597 unstrung1598 keyed1761 fingerable1818 keyless1830 omnitonic1861 solo1862 sewing machine1874 unplayed1875 original1899 electrified1938 melodic1938 analogue1976 acoustic1978 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 287/2 The instrument known as Ondes Musicales..is purely melodic. 1961 C. W. Monk in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xi. 277 Some examples of the Danish Bronze Age lurs, cast in the shape of a mammoth tusk, have mouthpieces astonishingly like modern melodic brass instruments. 1982 G. Jacob Orchestral Technique (ed. 3) 23 The natural function of the bassoon is to provide the bass of the woodwind group, but it is frequently used as a melodic instrument. 1992 T. Portsmouth et al. In Tune with Heaven 151 Single note or melodic instruments. Compounds melodic-rhythmic adj. ΚΠ 1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets i. 9 A melodic-rhythmic counterpoint unknown in European music. 1984 New Grove Dict. Music XII. 121/2 The prolonged struggle between these two basically antagonistic melodic-rhythmic orientations was stalemated throughout much of the 17th century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1823
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