Until the 1970s it was traditional to play a single tune for the duration of a contra dance (about 5 to 10 minutes).

A fifteen piece orchestra drones out a single tune.

The varied playing styles emphasize these elements to different degrees, sometimes changing the emphasis during the performance of a single tune.

Maria tried to hum something but couldn't think of a single tune.

The piece is in a very homophonic texture with a single tune accompanied by chords.

A single tune was like a single thread to Jerome.

Austerity is the single tune being played by all the traditional European parties.

Here is a brief anatomy of the way revenues flow in from a single tune.

The plainchant celebrated the simplicity of words made to float on a single tune shaped to fit them.

A single tune danced through his mind and all his attention rested upon it.