Succession that produces the continuity of the notes including changes in pitch and duration

Wagner's melodies : aesthetics and materialism in German musical identity / David Trippett.

Unplayed melodies : Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory / Marc Perlman.

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Wagner's melodies : aesthetics and materialism in German musical identity / David Trippett.

Unplayed melodies : Javanese gamelan and the genesis of music theory / Marc Perlman.