As the melody begins, so do the words.

The melody begins in the key of C major.

Many songs were in the same key and moderate tempo; the well-shaped melodies began to run together.

After I picked at the notes for an hour, the melody began to form.

Then it seemed that a melody began to come, very faint but evocative.

A melody begins, and based on what we've heard so far, we begin to anticipate how it might develop.

The hemiola abates somewhat when the main melody begins, but is present until the end of the movement.

The wail grew, and a melody began to mesh with the thunder they were approaching.

It opens with a word-less choral voice, before the melody begins, played on piano.

She lifted the lid, and a melody began to tinkle.