Instead he watched her easy gestures and listened to the melodic tone of her voice.

Her next words came in her ordinary, melodic tones.

But when their load was heavy, Karl spoke to them in melodic tones.

A melodic tone can often be harmonized in a variety of different ways.

In this case, the melodic tone is acting as the root of the chord.

As a result, there are often several melodic tones which might occur over a harmony, and all of these must be considered when reharmonizing.

Taking a room from the keeper, he spent the next week talking and listening; the melodic tones of the orientals came to him readily.

This album saw the band take a step away from its metalcore roots in favor of a new, more melodic tone.

The melodic tone of the highly-tuned engine brought Rex no joy whatever.

Due to the distortion, the drum also develops a melodic tone.