Melody
Mel´o`dy
| n. | 1. | |
| 1. | A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. | |
| 2. | (Mus.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression. | |
| 3. | The air or tune of a musical piece. |
| Noun | 1. |  melody - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| 2. | melody - the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes Synonyms: tonal pattern |