melody

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I finally have the melody down and can accompany her pretty well.

From Literature

Raeburn’s early big-band version of Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia,” with Earl Swope playing the melody on trombone, also points forward to the end of one era and the beginning of another.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then I do melodies, and then I do lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times

Before Armstrong became popular, most people would sing songs strictly as written, following the melody, rhythm and lyrics outlined on the sheet music.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seeing pitch with their minds’ eye, musicians could move from one-line melodies to harmonies, with multiple weaving lines “complementing each other, and creating the dense body of sound so characteristic of late medieval music.”

From The Wall Street Journal