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Melodic vs Symphonic - What's the difference?

melodic | symphonic |

As adjectives the difference between melodic and symphonic

is that melodic is of, relating to, or having melody while symphonic is characteristic of a symphony.

melodic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or having melody
  • melodious, tuneful

    • symphonic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) Characteristic of a symphony
  • * 1923:' George Bernard Shaw, ''The Perfect Wagnerite'' - Finally, Mozart's most dramatic finales and concerted numbers are more or less in sonata form, like ' symphonic movements, and must therefore be classed as musical prose.

    • Derived terms

    * symphonic poem