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Melody
Melody is probably the first
element we hear as we listen to music, sometimes referred to as
the tune. Melody combines pitch and duration, and its traditional
role is the primary bearer of musical meaning. It is a coherent
succession of pitches played or sung in a specific rhythm. A melody
is not a random sequence of tones but, rather, a logical sequence
of notes that completes a musical thought in much the same way that
a sentence expresses a verbal thought. Listen to the following well-known
melody.
  
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