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LYRICAL |
Melodic |
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MUSICAL |
Melodic |
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LYRIC |
Melodic |
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SEQUENCE |
A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one
tone higher; a rosalia. |
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MELOP/IA |
The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for
a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody. |
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FLORID |
Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures,
divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little
ornamentations. |
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ROSALIA |
A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is
successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic
sequence. |
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FIGURATE |
Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the
freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony;
as, figurate counterpoint or descant. |
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POLYPHONIC |
Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts,
progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint;
contrapuntal; as, a poly... |
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HARMONICAL |
Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody;
harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which
accompany the predo... |
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IMITATION |
... consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially
the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of
pitch... |
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MOTIVE |
... which is
reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short
figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is deve... |