The passacaglia motif is counterpointed by one single simple melody.
In medieval practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.
Dunstaple was one of the first to compose masses using a single melody as cantus firmus.
It was so memorable that the next day I couldn't remember a single melody.
His explorations changed a tune's color: the relationship between a single melody and the changing harmony brought tension to the performance.
Hundreds of different jingles separate programs from commercials; they are generally played at the same decibel level and are variations on a single melody.
This is an essentially monothematic structure, based on subtle gradations and variations on a single melody.
The score, based on that single recurring melody, was a sensation.
It would take a power far greater than hers to overcome even a single melody of mine.
Most of them share a single melody.