Definition that contains melodic
- idea (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- theme (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- disco popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- sequence several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
- polyphonic having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- contrapuntal having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- phrasing the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
- thematic of or relating to a melodic subject
- leitmotif a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- arioso (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria