Ch. 1: MELODY Flashcards
What is a MELODY?
- **TUNE(tone/line/voice)in Music (something you hum)
- LINEAR movement in music
- we hear it as RECOGNIZABLE
What is a RANGE?
“Distance” between LOWEST and HIGHEST notes
What does CONTOUR mean?
SHAPE of the melody (how it is moved up and down)
What is an INTERVAL?
”Distance” between any 2 PITCHES
What are 2 different TYPES of intervals?
Conjunct and Disjunct
What does a “CONJUNCT” do?
Move in small, “CONNECTED” intervals
What does a “DISJUNCT” do?
They move in larger, “DISCONNECTED” intervals or leap
What is the “PHRASE” referring to?
They are the units that make up a melody ((it is a unit of meaning within a larger structure))
similar to parts of a “sentence”
“The phrase ends in a RESTING PLACE or….
Cadence
What is a CADENCE?
“PUNCTUATES THE MUSIC”
—similar to the way a comma or period punctuates a sentence
—also inconclusive
What is the COUNTERMELODY?
*The melody may be accompanied by a SECONDARY MELODY
—(“AGAINST a melody”)
—or added tune
VOCAB
- The way the LAST “syllables” in each LINE RHYME
- The high point in a melodic line, represents a PEAK in intensity as well as in RANGE
- MEASURABLE level (length and size)
- Number of VIBRATIONS per second
- Or “symbol”
- 5 PARALLEL LINES
- Length of TIME in a pitch
- Loud or soft
- Distinct QUALITY
- Distinguishing VOICES from instruments
- RHYME SCHEME
- CLIMAX
- PITCH
- FREQUENCY
- NOTE
- STAFF
- DURATION
- VOLUME
- TONE COLOR
- TIMBRE
