melody

If the melody of Mr. McDonagh’s script is black comedy, the harmony is its sense of mistakes made and things lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

As Beethoven does in his violin concerto, Bruch uses virtuosic passagework only insofar as it enables us to better know the melody.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I was in my room at 4 a.m., unable to sleep, when a melody came to me that gave birth to the song as it exists today,” he recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The melody lines of the bass in R.E.M. songs are singularly melodic and distinctive, with a fluidity that makes them seem simple when they are not.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Having students hum the melody rather than singing words helps them hear the melody separately from the lyrics.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Driven by rolling log drums, syncopated rhythms and infectious melodies, amapiano and other electronic sounds from across the African diaspora are finding new audiences in a city celebrated for its musical heritage.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Social media is full of videos joking about middle-aged parents dropping everything when they hear a few notes from the game's familiar ocarina melodies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yet Mr. Sun’s approach is also singular for its blend of seriousness and whimsy, its combination of complicated structures and memorable melodies, and its commitment to both jazz tradition and sonic innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Dark as the story is, though, co-writer Joss Holden-Rea’s tunes are stunners with limber melodies and creatively off-kilter lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Gradually, melodies would enter, Kira recalled; some slow, soaring lyrical phrases, followed by other harsher phrases with a quick pulsating beat.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry