melodic meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

melodic

adj

UK /mɪˈlɒd.ɪk/ · US /məˈlɑ.ɾɪk/

Etymology Borrowed from French mélodique. By surface analysis, melody + -ic.

Of, relating to, or having melody.

Debussy's melody is fractional, fragmentary. But at the core all his music is melodic and melody is its main motive force.1929, Arthur Lourié, “An Inquiry into Melody”, in Modern Music, volume VII, number 1, page 10:

Melodious, tuneful.

Derived terms: amelodic, countermelodic, melodeath, melodically, melodic death metal, melodic dubstep, melodic hardcore, melodicism, melodicist, melodicity, melodic line, melodic minor scale, neomelodic, nonmelodic, supermelodic, unmelodic