tune **
melody *
air , *****
strain **
melodic line
line *****
melodic phrase

You have to know the melody and the harmony, especially the melodic lines.

These two albums were very popular because of their melodic lines.

Simple and melodic lines are used with a strong presence of repetition.

In music, voice refers to several melodic lines being sung or played at the same time.

Once these support sections have been voiced, others follow in with the main melodic line.

They become the melodic lines defining the city of his birth.

"The melodic line reminds me of how he used to play."

His voice actually opened up as the melodic line climbed.

And the melodic lines go from one instrument to another.

No melodic line was allowed to live beyond a moment, let alone blossom.