In bluegrass, as in some forms of jazz, one or more instruments each takes its turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others perform accompaniment ; this is especially typified in tunes called breakdowns.

Mercer Ellington has stated that Juan Tizol invented the melody to " Caravan " in 1936 as a result of his days studying music in Puerto Rico ; where they couldn't afford much sheet music so the teacher would turn the music upside down after they had learned to play it right-side up.

Both features ( ornaments and leaps in the melody ) are apparent from the first bar: the piece begins with a transition from the G two octaves below middle C, with a lower mordent, to the G two octaves above it with a trill with initial turn.

The first movement of the concerto begins with a very short orchestral introduction followed by the presentation of the main theme by the soloist, which in turn is followed by a short tutti that leads into a lyrical melody.

The Tsar's anthem melody on Tchaikovsky's 1812 finale was in turn replaced by the chorus " Be glorified, be glorified, holy Rus '!

The melody is structured in verses that in turn are organized in strophes.

Beginning with G major, the opening features bell sounds followed by a " simple " and peaceful melody with strings ; followed in turn, by active and very characteristic figures in the winds.

Although the song was published in the United States with Amsterdam listed as the lyricist and Jeri Sullavan and Paul Baron as musical composers, the melody had been previously published as the work of Trinidadian calypso composer Lionel Belasco on a song titled “ L ' Année Passée ,” which was in turn based on a folksong from Martinique.

" It's the Same Old Song " is very similar in melody and chord progressions to " I Can't Help Myself ", which in turn is even more similar in melody and chord progressions to " Where Did Our Love Go " by the Supremes, who also covered " It's The Same Old Song " in 1967.

An extension of this melody takes the final turn and repeats it several times in different registers.

The melody consists of a one-bar figure in the right hand consisting mostly of a trill and a turn ; it is repeated in a rising sequence three times followed by a fourth descending repetition ; a decorative flourish finishes the first half of the variation, which is then repeated.

A different melody is used for the song When Cockleshells turn Silver Bells, also subtitled Waly, Waly.

The words " God save Emperor Francis " were inspired by the British anthem, though not the melody, which is from the ( Croatian ) folk tradition.

The unpleasantness of his visit inspired him to write the complaint-song " Wer die ougen vil verschüren ", which he set to a French melody.

It inspired Gounod to devise an improvisation of a melody over the C major Prelude ( BWV 846 ) from the collection's first book.

The genesis of the lyrics is found in three song ideas that Lennon was working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge ; Lennon wrote the lines " Mis-ter cit-y police-man " to the rhythm and melody of the siren.

Tracks would have a somewhat basic keyed happy sounding chord before bursting into an Italo house inspired catchy piano melody.

His melodic riff featured in the song " Behind the Sun " inspired the group to create " pretty " songs with an emphasis on melody.

His inspired performance on the violin secured for him in his native country the title of “ Master of Nations .” The Sonate du Diable, also called “ Tartini ’ s Dream ”— as every one who has heard it will be ready to testify — is the most weird melody ever heard or invented: hence, the marvellous composition has become the source of endless legends.

The melody was inspired by " Princess Bannen ," a myth of the Rukai Tribe composed by Biung Wang.

Young slowed it down and played the melody as a gorgeous romantic violin solo which inspired Mitchell Parish to write lyrics for what then became one of the great love songs of all time.

This lyrical, passionate, tender and romantic melody, played at a relatively dainty tempo, paints a picture of peace and a sense of harmony between the piano and the orchestra, and has also inspired its title ' Romanze '.

Guthrie's melody was very similar to the melody of " Oh, My Loving Brother ", a Baptist gospel hymn that had been recorded by the Carter Family as " When the World's On Fire " and had inspired their " Little Darlin ', Pal of Mine.

In 1864, he met Edvard Grieg in Copenhagen and inspired him with the idea of devoting his genius to Norwegian melody and the cultivation of a specifically national art.

Fastball's hit 1998 song " The Way " was inspired by " Bésame Mucho " and uses much of the same melody.

Afterwards, " Siway Azucena ", a melody composed by her inspired by the music of Northern Potosí, spread throughout the country, the first truly indigenous song to have widespread popular success.

It was heavily inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude No. 4 in E Minor although, ELO's 1983 B side, " After All " seems a more likely influence as it strays from the Chopin Prelude in many ways found in Radiohead's melody.

In this case, according to writer Ray Davies, the song's arrangement was inspired by a stopover in India during the band's first trip to Australia in 1965, when during an early-morning walk, he heard local fisherman singing a traditional chant, part of which he incorporated into the song's sinuous melody line ; Davies ' exposure to Hindustani raga music is also evident in the sitar-like quality of the guitar accompaniment.

Thematically, the album was inspired by the quest to find a perfect " balance " between melody and aggression.

Vocalist Chris Martin was inspired by the sight and the song's main melody, consisting of a chord pattern, popped into his head.

The pair contend that no two concerts are alike, due in great part to Reynolds ' inspired exploration of the melody upon stage.

Stevens later acknowledged that the song has been inspired by Yusef Lateef's " The Plum Blossom " ( from Eastern Sounds ) with which it shares a melody.

A theory of some musicians is that melody was inspired by Russian march " Yearning for the Motherland ", or originated from unknown folk anti-war song during the Russo-Japanese War.

The melody is quite dramatic, almost Impressionistic, radically changing in dynamics at times, and has inspired many listeners.

The main melody of " Mind Machine " was clearly inspired by the song " Disco Maniac " by " Denise & Baby's Gang ".

" You Raise Me Up "- It was in fact reading Graham ’ s novel The Whitest Flower, that led Norwegian composer, Rolf Lovland to contact Graham with a melody.

After he's written the melody, then I write the lyrics.

Mozart, in many ways Gluck's successor, combined a superb sense of drama, harmony, melody, and counterpoint to write a series of comedies, notably Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni ( in collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte ) which remain among the most-loved, popular and well-known operas today.

I wanted to write short phrases, so I wrote a song full of questions " and the song's melody is within a small music range:

The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini used an extract of melody to write the aria " Ovunque al mondo ... ", in 1904 for his work Madama Butterfly.

Blake said he first composed the melody to the " Charleston Rag " in 1899, which would have made him 12 years old, but he did not commit it to paper until 1915, when he learned to write in musical notation.

" The 8th of January " became a traditional American fiddle tune the melody of which was used by Jimmie Driftwood to write the song " The Battle of New Orleans ", which in a lighthearted tone details the battle from the perspective of an American volunteer fighting alongside Andrew Jackson.

Their songwriting efforts had Pomus write the lyrics and Shuman the melody, although quite often they worked on both.

Jose Maria also commented that he often locked himself in a room with a dictionary and books to write his songs, while Nacho has said that to compose he started off with a rhythm machine, then added the melody, and the lyrics came in last.

He had discovered his method of songwriting, which he described later: " You don't write melodies, you find them … If you find the beginning of a good song, and if your fingers do not stray, the melody should come out of hiding in a short time.

Upon hearing the melody, Clark told him that if he could write lyrics as good as the melody, she wanted to record the tune as her next single.

On October 20, 1868 the Cuban forces obtained the capitulation of the Spaniard authorities in Bayamo, the jubilant people surrounded Figueredo and asked him to write an anthem with the melody they were humming.

I ’ d write lyrics and melody on the spot, and would follow that up with the recording of the vocal itself.

He would later write to his protégé, the composer Sergei Taneyev, " I listened to the Delibes ballet ' Sylvia '... what charm, what elegance, what wealth of melody, rhythm, and harmony.

He was among the first American composers to put the melody in the soprano instead of the tenor part, and was also one of the first Americans to write about music.

According to his autobiography, the lyrics for " Political World " came to him spontaneously and were easy to write ; though no melody was composed, he came up with 20 verses.

Aside from deviating from the subject of love, McCartney had it in mind to write a song with a melody backed by a single, static chord.

He has been commissioned to write a piece for the forthcoming millennium and much of the work is complete, all save the crucial signature melody.

Mozart, in many ways Gluck's successor, combined a superb sense of drama, harmony, melody, and counterpoint to write a series of comedies, notably Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni ( in collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte ) which remain among the most-loved, popular and well-known operas today.

The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love for just as goodness cannot be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil-the enduring metaphor of Christ crucified between two criminals comes to mind here-so within the fabric of the love song, within its melody, its lyric, one must sense an acknowledgement of its capacity for suffering.

Their songwriting collaboration saw Pomus write the lyrics and Shuman the melody, although occasionally they worked on both.

The song with " such a pleasurable melody and such discomfiting politics that it has fascinated Secor since he was a kid in Virginia " led him to write “ Carry Me Back to Virginia ,” for the new album.