melody
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The concert leaned heavily on the band's new album Arirang, which folds the melody and mythology of Korea's folk music into the band's hyperactive, experimental pop sound.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In the case of the title track, he’s come up with a melody for the poem and a vocal attack that impressively splits the difference between the spoken and the sung.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
But there’s still so much to learn about harmony and melody from that instrument, you know?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
“It has been a challenge going from the scandal to relationship to miscarriage to arrest to being pregnant again,” she says as a sentimental melody lilts in the background.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
The melody is very simple, containing only four pitches and a fair amount of repetition.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing melody
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