Melody

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This page Melody is part of the music series.
Illustration: Sheet music to "Buffalo Gals" (c. 1840), a traditional song.
Maxim: "writing about music is like dancing about architecture".

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In music, a melody, also tune, voice, or line, is a series of linear events or a succession. Contrast percussion and harmony.

+[[Image:Buffalo Gals (1840).jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[music]] series.<br><small>Illustration: Sheet music to "[[Buffalo Gals]]" (c. 1840), a [[traditional song]].</small><br>Maxim: "[[writing about music is like dancing about architecture]]".]]
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-In [[music]], a '''melody''', also '''tune''', '''voice''', or '''line''', is a series of [[linear]] events or a [[succession]]. Contrast [[percussion]] and [[harmony]]. {{GFDL}}
+In [[music]], a '''melody''', also '''tune''', '''voice''', or '''line''', is a series of [[linear]] events or a [[succession]]. Contrast [[percussion]] and [[harmony]].
+==See also==
+* [[Appropriation (music)]]
+* [[Counterpoint]]
+* [[Hocket]]
+* [[Klangfarbenmelodie]]''
+* [[Line (poetry)]]
+* [[Melodic pattern]]s
+* ''[[Musique concrète]]''
+* [[Parsons code]], a simple notation used to identify a piece of music through [[melodic motion]]—the motion of the [[Pitch (music)|pitch]] up and down.
+* [[Sequence (music)]]
+* [[Unified field]]
+{{GFDL}}