melodic
/mɪˈlɒdɪk
/adjective
1Relating to or having melody: melodic and rhythmic patterns...
- In every class, teachers sing melodic patterns and chords that children imitate.
- The simple melodic pattern of psalmody is often embellished, varied, or extended to generate more elaborate forms.
- The second movement is a scherzo constructed primarily of five short melodic phrases.
1.1Pleasant-sounding: his voice was deep and melodic...
- At its root, Kingsbury Manx offers pleasant, melodic pop that is polished through and through.
- Her voice sounded too hollow to be the melodic voice of those pleasant beings.
- For those who like it mellow or melodic, Evelyn is their man.
Derivatives
melodically
- The first of the three sonatas on the program, Beethoven's no. 24, was delicate, melodically shaded, charming, and calm, with only the short final movement showing off any technical flair.
- The most entertaining (if melodically repetitive) piece is ‘The Barnhouse Effect’.
- And even though Oberst invokes cell phones and other touches of modernity, he manages to have written something melodically and emotionally timeless.
melodicism
- It goes for melodicism with a minimum of the trademark layered opacity.
- It is hip hop shorn of repeated loops and minimalist beats shot through with a dose of stone cold melodicism.
- But if the album ultimately suffers from a sameness of sound, that doesn't detract from its bright, insistent melodicism.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French mélodique, via late Latin from Greek melōidikos, from melōidia 'melody'.