# melody

Pronunciation: say "MEL-uh-dee" /ˈmɛl.ə.di/

## Noun

1. A sequence of musical notes arranged one after another to form a recognizable musical phrase.
   - Simple: A set of musical notes played one after another that you can sing or hum.
   - _The violinist played a soft melody that filled the concert hall._
   - _Pop songs often repeat their melodies to make them stick in your head._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English melodie, from Old French melodie, from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā, "singing, chanting"), formed from μέλος (mélos, "musical phrase") plus ἀοιδή (aoidḗ, "song").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/melody (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).