Melodic devices

Question 1

Conjunct (stepwise) melody

Answer 1

move by step - notes that are a tone or semitone apart

Question 2

Disjunct melody

Answer 2

move using leaps

Question 3

Scalic melody

Answer 3

use the notes in a scale

Question 4

Triadic melody

Answer 4

move between the notes of a triad

Question 5

Call and response

Answer 5

2 subsequent melodies, one in response to the other

Question 6

Syncopation

Answer 6

temporary disregard of tempo and metre

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

playing a musical phrase multiple times

Question 8

Sequence

Answer 8

repetition of a musical phrase at a different pitch

Question 9

Imitation

Answer 9

repetition of a music phrase in a different voice

Question 10

question and answer

Answer 10

2 subsequent phrases, one answering the other

Question 11

ostinato

Answer 11

a persistently repeated musical phrase

Question 12

stabs

Answer 12

a single staccato note

Question 13

hook

Answer 13

musical idea which catches the listeners attention

Question 14

slide/glissando

Answer 14

continuous slide up or down between two notes

Question 15

chromatic scale

Answer 15

a scale with every note and semitone

Question 16

chromatic scale

Answer 16

a scale with every note and semitone

Question 17

retrograde

Answer 17

a musical phrase played backwards

Question 18

inversion

Answer 18

rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval chords *e.g. C and F would become F and C