Melody Flashcards

1
Q

series of tones

A

melody

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2
Q

Melody has ___ and ____ movement

A

up,down,

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3
Q

What do the elements of melody create

A

tension and release, expectation ad arrival

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4
Q

distance between 2 notes in a melody

A

interval

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5
Q

melodies move in intervals of _____ or ______

A

steps or leaps

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6
Q

intervals any larger tha a step

A

leaps

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7
Q

intervals between 2 adjacent tones

A

step

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8
Q

intervall of repeated notes in a melody

A

unison

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9
Q

what are specific intervals labeled using

A

distance from each other

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10
Q

the interval betwee the highest and lowest

A

melodic range

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11
Q

highest point of a range often coincides with the_____

A

climax

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12
Q

rythym at which melody is performed, giving it distinct characteristics

A

melodic rythym

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13
Q

melody song without the proper rythym can often be _______

A

unrecogizable

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14
Q

smooth, connected style, marked with a slur

A

legato

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15
Q

detatched style, marked with dots above the notes

A

staccato

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16
Q

melodies are made up of shorter segmets, called ____

A

phrases

17
Q

phrases are often seperated by points of _______ or ________

A

pause or rest

18
Q

end of a phrase

A

cadence

19
Q

melody of song represents the action described in text

A

word painting