She popularised light Hindustani classical music with her thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti, bhajan, tarana renditions, and also mastered the technique of condensing performing the elaborate melody Hindustani classical style to just three and a half minutes for a record.

But while the song sparrows learned some parts of the swamp sparrow's simple song, the swamp sparrows learned almost none of their close cousin's elaborate melody.

Were he - or John Cougar Mellencamp or Tom Petty - to set his stark dramatic monologues to an elaborate melody, following the notes would compromise the naturalistic immediacy of the lyric and its performance.

He is steeped in the bossa nova: its gently brushed guitar chords, its quietly elaborate melodies, its shades of sensuality and melancholy.

The hazzan wears a kittel and sings elaborate melodies.

Around the turn of the century, more and more breakcore musicians began employing traditional synthesis techniques to compose elaborate melodies and harmonies.

In these latter two genres, the increasing tendency was toward a more homophonic texture, with the top part featuring an elaborate, active melody, and the lower ones (usually these were three-part compositions, as opposed to the four-or-more-part madrigal) a less active supporting structure.

Simple folk songs are transformed into elaborate melodies that often surpass their originals.

The whales' elaborate melodies and complex vocalizations have inspired musicians and wildlife lovers and spawned best-selling albums.

Vinicius Cantuaria, a Brazilian songwriter who has lived in New York since the mid-1990's, is steeped in bossa nova: its gently brushed guitar chords, its quietly elaborate melodies, its shades of sensuality and melancholy.