It generally features a small number of rhythmic and melodic motifs that recur through the piece.

Each of the characters will have their own theme: for example, Brynne will have a light melodic motif.

"There are three melodic motifs," she began at last.

A melodic motif is a melodic formula, established without reference to intervals.

This includes rock music only and does not include classical style music using melodic motifs from rock.

A raga is a series of melodic motifs, based upon a definite scale or mode, that provide a basic structure around which the musician performs.

The record is organized with recurring melodic and rhythmic motifs.

Each section also seemed to ring variations on simple melodic and rhythmic motifs.

This allows players such as Copley to play more freely and also to incorporate more melodic motifs to songs.

What most distinguishes Beneventan chant is its frequent and repeated use of various short melodic motifs.