Why can we hum / sing a melody, when the original has chords?

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When humming a melody from, for example, a piano piece. It doesn’t have one single note, but several playing at the same time. Why can I hum a melody that sounds like the piece?

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Songs are built of 2 parts- harmony and melody.
The harmony is the sounds of the chords, the melody is the actual “song” you recognize.
The harmony is more of the background that gives context to the melody.
One analogy to this could be a painting – you can surely recognize the Mona Lisa from just the face – but, if you changed the color pallet/ background the whole feeling of the painting will change.

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