melodics

[ muh-lod-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of melodics¹

First recorded in 1860–65; melodic, -ics

Example Sentences

The controller is a successor to the DDJ-SB2, which also works with Serato DJ Lite, as well as Serato DJ Pro, Rekordbox, and Melodics.

From The Verge

The court looks at signature phrases, hooks, hooks with backup, theme, backup vocals, backup vocals with melody, percussion choices, harmonics, melodics and an octave of other considerations, all interspersed with photos of comparative musical scores. 

From Forbes

The Beach Boys For a band that has been around sixty years, it’s an astonishing accomplishment that pretty much every last song is a Guernica-like assault of falsetto warbling, sugary melodics, cheap Hawaiian shirts, male-pattern baldness, and banal lyrics about cars that should long ago have crashed into telephone poles.

From Salon

Package together melodics with electronics.

From The Guardian

You can usually tell Blake's songs from Childs's, but sometimes, the two splice their melodics seamlessly, as on "I Want to Be Around You".

From The Guardian