What is the melody in music?

The main idea or the whole idea of music is organized by the relationship between tone and rhythm, which is carried out in a horizontal monophonic part. There are many independent tones called melody. In layman's terms, it is monophonic music and songs. Melody is the soul and foundation of music.

Melody can be divided into two categories: original sound and instrumental music. Vocal music is for human voice. Therefore, it is closely related to human voice and language. Its characteristics are: narrow range, simple rhythm, rich aria and rich lyrics; Musical instrument plays musical instrument melody, which is directly related to the structure of musical instrument. Generally speaking, instrumental music has a wide range of melodies, great changes in rhythm, speed and intensity, and rich techniques. Piano, for example, has the widest range.

Melody is composed of many basic musical elements such as mode, rhythm, rhythm, dynamics and timbre.

Extended data

The first element of music. Usually refers to an organized and rhythmic sequence of several musical sounds formed through artistic conception. According to a certain pitch, duration and volume, it has a single voice with logical factors. Melody is composed of many basic elements of music, such as mode, rhythm, beat, intensity, timbre expression method and so on.

reference data

Baidu encyclopedia-melody