mel·o·dy /ˈmɛlədi/
 曲子,美的音樂,曲調
 Mel·o·dy n.; pl. Melodies
 1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
    Lulled with sound of sweetest melody.   --Shak.
 2. Mus. A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
 Note: ☞ Melody consists in a succession of single tones; harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords.
 3. The air or tune of a musical piece.
 Syn: -- See Harmony.
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 melody
      n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
           was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, air,
           strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
      2: the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
         [syn: tonal pattern]