context1: This <strong>melody</strong> is played over a contrapuntal line in the piano. The accompaniment then gradually thickens in texture and voice as the theme reaches its climax. The second theme is similar to the first in chordal quality, but differs in <strong>rhythm</strong>.
context2: In 2008 the electronic and world music group Mikros Kosmos (small world) arrived in Cyprus and recorded their first album in Nicosia. The album is released in the United States by and combines meditative Middle-Eastern <strong>melodies</strong>, earthy Mediterranean folk dances, Brazilian jazz harmonies, Andean <strong>rhythms</strong>, gently manipulated ambient recordings. The duo is composed of Yianna Georgiadou (voice) and Seth Mehl (piano, erhu, percussion, programming).