melody. concord

Roget category 413

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#413. Melody. Concord

noun

melody, rhythm, measure — rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.
pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.
scale, gamut — diapason — diatonic chromatic scale^†, enharmonic scale^† — key, clef, chords.
modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution.
staff, stave, line, space, brace — bar, rest — appoggiato^†, appoggiatura^† — acciaccatura^†.
note, musical note, notes of a scale — sharp, flat, natural — high note etc. (shrillness) 410 — low note etc. 408 — interval — semitone — second, third, fourth &c. — diatessaron^†.
breve, semibreve [Mus.], minim, crotchet, quaver — semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver — sustained note, drone, burden.
tonic — key note, leading note, fundamental note — supertonic^†, mediant^†, dominant — submediant^†, subdominant^† — octave, tetrachord^† — major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode — passage, phrase.
concord, harmony — emmeleia^† — unison, unisonance^† — chime, homophony — euphony, euphonism^† — tonality — consonance — consent — part.
[Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics — thorough-bass, fundamental-bass — counterpoint — faburden^†.
piece of music etc. 415 [Fr.] — composer, harmonist^†, contrapuntist (musician) 416.

verb

be harmonious etc. adj. — harmonize, chime, symphonize^†, transpose — put in tune, tune, accord, string.

adjective

harmonious, harmonical^† — in concord etc. n., in tune, in concert — unisonant^†, concentual^†, symphonizing^†, isotonic, homophonous^†, assonant — ariose^†, consonant.
measured, rhythmical, diatonic^†, chromatic, enharmonic^†.
melodious, musical — melic^† — tuneful, tunable — sweet, dulcet, canorous^† — mellow, mellifluous — soft, clear, clear as a bell — silvery — euphonious, euphonic, euphonical^† — symphonious — enchanting etc. (pleasure-giving) 829 — fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned.

adverb

harmoniously, in harmony — as one etc. adj..

phrase

the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton].

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