noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soulful voice/vocals/melody etc
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his powerful, soulful voice
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
simple
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Yorick had discarded the strong rhythms, the simple melodies and the accessible lyrics which characterized the first phase of his career.
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I loved the simple harmonic melodies , and wondered why I seldom hear anything as good on the radio.
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Ortiz is capable of investing the simplest melody with qualities of grandeur.
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I wrote all my own songs, and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics.
■ VERB
play
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The second violin plays the inverted melody in A, and the first violin the inverted accompaniment in E.
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I play a lot of third-based melodies .
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Normally a mouth organ or a piano accordion accompanies the music and plays the melody .
write
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In general, we have been writing about those melodies which are complete and have a well-defined entirety.
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These two raccoon-eyed psychos have lost none of their no-holds-barred energy or their penchant for writing catchy melodies .
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So I repeat: write a melody first, then harmonize it later.
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Literally when I would be writing the melody , the ly-rics would come at the exact same time.
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Others act like musical word processors, allowing the composer to write a melody and instantly hear what it sounds like.
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The duties of Team Enya break down this way: The artist writes the melodies and sings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Deutschlandlied" is based on the melody from a work by Haydn.
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Melody is not the central element in Martino's compositions - rhythm is more important.
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The song has a simple melody and beautiful lyrics.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of pretty melodies with some frayed edges.
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As the melody soared and spiralled, Ari and Nathan spun within it, reaching for the highest notes.
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But spiking the sugar with vinegar, and layering distortion over melody , is the Alternative Formula nowadays.
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He first states the melody , then improvises, with ingenuity.
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He was sitting on a tall stool by the window, picking out fragments of old melodies on a twelve string Yamaha.
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Over the blare of a popular movie melody , a marketer invites shoppers to the vehicle.
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The melody was free of clutter, without filigree, stripped to its barest line.
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To be part of that melody of infinite chimes of light!