Gentile. 1  The word Gentiles means the nations, and eventually came to be used to mean all those not of the house of Israel. It is first used in Genesis with reference to the descendants of Japheth (Gen. 2  The duties of Israelites toward gentiles were defined in the law (Ex. 23: 32; Ex. 34: 12-16; Deut.
Definition of musical texture. 1  The term musical texture is frequently used - analogously with visual and tactile texture - in a rather vague way with reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. Texture is, however, one of the basic elements of music.
Definition of MELODY for Kids. 1. : pleasing arrangement of sounds. 2. : a series of musical notes or tones arranged in a definite pattern of pitch and rhythm.3. : the main part in a musical composition.ull Definition of MELODY. 1. : a sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds: tunefulness. 2. : a rhythmic succession of single tones organized as an aesthetic whole. â meÂ·lodÂ·ic \mÉ-Ëlae-ËlÃ¤\ dik. â adjectiveÂ·meÂ·lodÂ·iÂ·cal \-ly-di(k-)É\ lÄ. adverb