Example sentences for: melody

How can you use “melody” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Song, using rhythm and melody in the same way as instrumental music, is religious and romantic in content.

  • Or simply an abstract rhythm, cadence, or melody to which you must give voice?

  • We mill around in the dark among the machines, some of which emit fanfares, drumrolls, or gusts of melody, so that between the bumbling and waiting-to-try and noise, we feel much as we might in a video arcade.

  • In the first 12 measures of "The Meaning of the Blues," from Miles Ahead , the contents of a rising counterpoint behind Davis' melody keep mutating: French horn and trumpet give way to oboe, which slides back into trumpets, and the progression into the fourth measure, with nothing but the treble of muted trumpets in unison, feels like an airplane taking off.

  • Musics that emphasize rhythm and texture over melody and lyrics aren't necessarily apolitical or content-free, but they do tend to occur on narrower bandwidths.


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