melodize
To make musical
Melodize means to make melodic or to compose a melody.
A songwriter melodizes a poem by setting it to music.
The word can also mean to sing or play melodically: She melodized softly while strumming the guitar.
The spelling melodise appears in British English.
Vocalize melodically
intone · vocalize · chant · lilt · singsong · cantabile · bel canto · vibrato
Place methodically
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- harmonizeBring into agreement
- improvisePerform without preparation
notate · transpose · craft · create · write · develop · structure · produce
Narrative poem or song
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- lullabySoothing song for babies
- carolFestive seasonal song
hymn · ditty · air · shanty · jingle · refrain · chorale · cantata
Notes sounded simultaneously
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- intervalDuration between two points
arpeggio · cadence · homophony · modulation · tonality · voicing · thirds · sixths
sing
Vocalize melodically
trill · intone · vocalize · chant · lilt · singsong · cantabile · bel canto · vibrato · phrasing
arrange
Place methodically
- orchestrateArrange complex undertakings
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- harmonizeBring into agreement
improvise · notate · transpose · craft · create · write · develop · structure · produce · set to music
ballad
Narrative poem or song
carol · hymn · ditty · air · shanty · jingle · refrain · chorale · cantata · madrigal
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
interval · arpeggio · cadence · homophony · modulation · tonality · voicing · thirds · sixths · parallel
catchy
Easy to remember
sweet · tuneful · lyrical · musical · euphonious · mellifluous · pleasant · flowing · smooth · appealing
ornament
Thing that beautifies
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- grace noteDecorative musical tone
mordent · turn · melisma · run · riff · fill · variation · coloratura · improvise · decorate
melodizemonotone
Single unvarying pitch
drone · tuneless · discordance · cacophony · dissonance
- folk melodiesAncestral community songs
- haunting melodiesSongs that linger emotionally
- Merrie Melodies
- melodic linesSequences of pitched tones
- simple melodiesUncomplicated musical lines
- traditional melodiesInherited cultural songs
melodious, melodic, unmelodious, melodies, melodically, melodiousness