Melody

Melody

A melody(旋律), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear(線性) succession of musical tones(音樂鈴聲) which is perceived as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a sequence of pitches and durations, while, more figuratively, the term has occasionally been extended to include successions of other musical elements such as tone color.



Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs(主題音樂), and are usually repeated throughout a song or piece in various forms. Melodies may also be described by their melodic motion or the pitches or the intervals between pitches (predominantly conjuct or disjunct or with further restrictions), pitch range, tension and release, continuity and coherence, cadence(節奏), and shape.