MELODY

Question 1

Scalic

Answer 1

(moves up and down using scales)

Question 2

Angular or Disjunct

Answer 2

(Jumps around)

Question 3

• Wide range (of notes)/narrow range

Answer 3

• Wide range (of notes)/narrow range

Question 3

Conjunct

Answer 3

(Moves to notes nearby, by step)

Question 4

• Repeated notes

Answer 4

• Repeated notes

Question 5

• Use of

Answer 5

ornamentation

Question 6

• Sequence

Answer 6

(ascending/descending)

Question 7

Imitation

Answer 7

(Perhaps a cannon between parts)

Question 8

Melody may

Answer 8

move between the treble and the bass (particularly on keyboard instruments)

Question 9

Arpeggios and

Answer 9

Broken Chord figures

Question 10

Short/fragmented

Answer 10

(broken up)

Question 11

Florid/lyrical

Answer 11

(long)

Question 12

Cantus firmus or Idee Fixe

Answer 12

(fixed Idea)

Question 13

• Chromatic

Answer 13

relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.

Question 14

Appoggiatura

Answer 14

a grace note which delays the next note of the melody, taking half or more of its written time value.

Question 15

• Countermelody

Answer 15

(a melody above the main melody)

Question 16

• Contrary Motion

Answer 16

(two melody lines moving in opposite ways)

Question 17

Syllabic

Answer 17

(One note per syllable)

Question 18

Melisma

Answer 18

(many notes per syllable )

Question 19

Word Painting

Answer 19

(Representing the words through the movement of the melody. i.e. on the word ‘low’ the melody may drop in pitch)