3 Flashcards
1
Q
conjunct melody
A
melody whose notes/tones are close to one another on the staff which forms a smooth or stepwise contour
2
Q
theme
A
melody that recurs throughout a piece
3
Q
motive
A
very short melodic phrase that sounds fragmentary or incomplete
4
Q
lyrical
A
a melody longer than a motive and is often song like in character
5
Q
scales
A
a sending or descending pattern of half or whole steps
major/minor scales
chromatic scale
whole tone scale
pentatonic scale
6
Q
key
A
major or minor scale on which a composition is based
7
Q
tonic
A
first and last note of either a major or minor scale
tonic on which a composition is based is the name of the key which the piece is composed
