Melody Flashcards
series of tones
melody
Melody has ___ and ____ movement
up,down,
What do the elements of melody create
tension and release, expectation ad arrival
distance between 2 notes in a melody
interval
melodies move in intervals of _____ or ______
steps or leaps
intervals any larger tha a step
leaps
intervals between 2 adjacent tones
step
intervall of repeated notes in a melody
unison
what are specific intervals labeled using
distance from each other
the interval betwee the highest and lowest
melodic range
highest point of a range often coincides with the_____
climax
rythym at which melody is performed, giving it distinct characteristics
melodic rythym
melody song without the proper rythym can often be _______
unrecogizable
smooth, connected style, marked with a slur
legato
detatched style, marked with dots above the notes
staccato
melodies are made up of shorter segmets, called ____
phrases
phrases are often seperated by points of _______ or ________
pause or rest
end of a phrase
cadence
melody of song represents the action described in text
word painting