melody

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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

She has no trouble adopting Alfredo’s melody and text verbatim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Memorising the choreography without being able to rely on variations in the music -- whose melody and rhythmic pattern hardly changes -- is another challenge.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Remember, only one or two sounds should be played at a time, with a lots of silence in between, no harmony or melody or steady pulse should emerge.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin