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Melody - In music, a series of linear events or a succession, not a simultaneity as in a chord. This includes patterns of changing pitches and durations, while most generally it includes any interacting patterns of changing events or quality.
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Popular music and folk music tend to pick one or two melodies (verse and chorus) and stick with them; much variety may occur in the phrasing and lyrics.
In western classical music, composers often introduce an initial melody, or theme, and then create variations. Classical music often has several melodic layers, called polyphony, such as those in a fugue, a type of counterpoint. Often melodies are constructed from motifs or short melodic fragments, such as the opening of Beethoven's Ninth.
Jazz musicians use the melody line, called the "lead" or "head", as a starting point for improvisation.
Indian classical music relies heavily on melody and rhythm, and not so much on harmony as the above forms.
Balinese gamelan music often uses complicated variations and alterations of a single melody played simultaneously, called heterophony.
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