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Definition of Melodics
1. n. The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
Definition of Melodics
1. Noun. The branch of music theory that deals with pitch and melody. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melodics
1. a branch of music concerned with melody [n MELODICS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodics
Literary usage of Melodics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shawm: Library of Church Music: Embracing about One Thousand Pieces by William Batchelder Bradbury, George Frederick Root, Thomas Hastings, Timothy Battelle Mason (1853)
"melodics, treating of the pitch of sounds. ф 4 General view : — LONG, or SHORT.
... melodics. •SOFT, or LOUD. POWER. DYNAMICS. RHYTHMICS. DIVISIONS OP TIME. ..."
2. The Temple Choir: A Collection of Sacred and Secular Music, Comprising a by Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward, Lowell Mason, William Batchelder Bradbury (1867)
"melodics— INTERVALS. § XLV. INTERVALS. In addition to the regular Scale-intervals (intervals
belonging to the Scale in its regular progression) called Steps ..."
3. The Song-book of the School-room: Consisting of a Great Variety of Songs by Lowell Mason, George James Webb (1854)
"melodics, treating of the pitch of tones. 1. RHYTHMICS, treating of the length
... melodics. DYNAMICS. RHYTHMICS.—-DIVISION OF TIME. COUNTING AND BEATING. ..."
4. The Song-book of the School-room: Consisting of a Great Variety of Songs by Lowell Mason, George James Webb (1860)
"melodics.—LETTERS. DIATONIC SCALE. $ <12. Musical sounds, considered with reference
to «'••,•/-. ... melodics.—INTERVALS. STEPS AND HAIT-S~EPS. $ 47. ..."
5. A History of English Literature for Secondary Schools by James Logie Robertson (1894)
"Another ambitious composition of Moore's was The Loves of the Angels; but his
fame rests upon his Irish melodics, begun in 1807 and continued at intervals ..."
6. Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine (1857)
"We would listen to thy melodics From every wood and dell." And the same remarkable
but unfortunate coincidence ! runs through every stanza о your poetry. ..."
7. Day-school Singer for Public and Private Schools by Philip Phillips (1870)
"That department of music which treats of the Pitch of tones is called melodics.
Draw table on black-board, thus: Tones differ In being I This difference is ..."
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