#413. Melody.
Concord. — N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme
&c.(poetry) 597.
pitch, timbre, intonation,
tone.
scale, gamut; diapason;
diatonic chromatic scale[obs3], enharmonic
scale[obs3]; key, clef, chords.
modulation, temperament,
syncope, syncopation, preparation,
suspension, resolution.
staff, stave, line,
space, brace; bar, rest; appoggiato[obs3],
appoggiatura[obs3]; acciaccatura[obs3].
note, musical note,
notes of a scale; sharp, flat, natural; high note
&c.(shrillness) 410; low note &c. 408; interval; semitone;
second, third, fourth &c.; diatessaron[obs3].
breve, semibreve[Mus],
minim, crotchet, quaver; semiquaver,
demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver; sustained note,
drone, burden.
tonic; key note, leading
note, fundamental note; supertonic[obs3],
mediant[obs3], dominant; submediant[obs3], subdominant[obs3];
octave, tetrachord[obs3]; major key, minor key, major
scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode; passage,
phrase.
concord, harmony; emmeleia[obs3];
unison, unisonance[obs3]; chime,
homophony; euphony, euphonism[obs3]; tonality; consonance;
consent; part.
[Science of harmony]
harmony, harmonics; thorough-bass, fundamental-
bass; counterpoint; faburden[obs3].
piece of music &c. 415[Fr];
composer, harmonist[obs3], contrapuntist
(musician) 416.
V. be harmonious &c.
adj.; harmonize, chime, symphonize[obs3],
transpose; put in tune, tune, accord, string.
Adj. harmonious, harmonical[obs3];
in concord &c. n., in tune, in
concert; unisonant[obs3], concentual[obs3], symphonizing[obs3],
isotonic, homophonous[obs3], assonant; ariose[obs3],
consonant.
measured, rhythmical,
diatonic[obs3], chromatic, enharmonic[obs3].
melodious, musical;
melic[obs3]; tuneful, tunable; sweet, dulcet,
canorous[obs3]; mellow, mellifluous; soft, clear,
clear as a bell; silvery; euphonious, euphonic, euphonical[obs3];
symphonious; enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829;
fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned.
Adv. harmoniously, in
harmony; as one &c. adj.
Phr. “the hidden
soul of harmony” [Milton].
#414. Discord.
— N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony,
want of harmony, caterwauling; harshness &c. 410.
Babel[Confused sounds]; Dutch concert, cat’s
concert; marrowbones and cleavers.
V. be discordant &c.
adj.; jar &c. (sound harshly) 410.
Adj. discordant; dissonant,
absonant[obs3]; out of tune, tuneless;
unmusical, untunable[obs3]; unmelodious, immelodious[obs3];
unharmonious[obs3], inharmonious; singsong; cacophonous;
harsh &c. 410; jarring.
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