The variations are not actual melodic variations based on the theme, but rather free material based on the harmonies provided by bass.

Apart from melodic variations, there are also two sets on ostinato harmonies: Guardame las vacas and Conde claros, both in volume six.

"Miss Lucy Long" is a comic banjo tune, and there is little melodic variation between published versions.

He then winds into melodic and harmonic variations so carefully constructed that they could have been pre- written.

In compositions of this genre, the chord progression may be repeated indefinitely, with melodic and lyrical variation forming the musical interest.

The corridos have the broadest melodic variation from one to the next, though many corridos share the same melodies.

'Thanks for the Memory' is overpoweringly beautiful as Chaloff creates a series of melodic variations which match the improviser's ideal of fashioning an entirely new song.

Since the steps of a scale can have various sizes, this process introduces subtle melodic and harmonic variation into the music.

These devices were sophisticated, his host-memory told him; he could try melodic variations for the rest of his life without coming close.

He supposedly added the fifth string because he was "allegedly unhappy with the limited rhythm and melodic variation of the four-string banjos popularly in use."