Creative Prompt #143: Melody

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I have been working on Rhythm for the design series this week, so the word ‘melody’ jumped out at me.

Melody Johnson

Definition: A melody (from Greek ???????mel?idía, “singing, chanting”),[1] also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while, more figuratively, the term has occasionally been extended to include successions of other musical elements such as tone color. It may be considered the foreground to the background accompaniment. A line or part need not be a foreground melody.

Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs, 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 conjunct or disjunct or with further restrictions), pitch range, tension and release, continuity and coherence, cadence, and shape.

Melody Thomas Scott (Young and the Restless)

Melody Quinceanera dressses

Baby Lock: Melody

Kate Spade’s Cafe Melody dress

Quote: “Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.” Stephanie Mallarme

Melody Ranch Picture Studio: where famous westerns were made such as, The Lone Ranger, Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke, Hopalong Cassidy, Annie Oakley, Rin Tin Tin, The Cisco Kid, and most recently Deadwood, Tall Tails, Last Man Standing, and Magnificent Seven.

Historic Melody Inn Tavern of Indianapolis

winter melody

Quote: “Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. ” Lion Feuchtwanger

 

 

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

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