Melody

Question 1

The gap between two notes (the gap between C and E is a third)

Answer 1

Interval

Question 2

Notes of a melody that are next to each other in a scale

Answer 2

Conjunct

Question 3

Notes of a melody that are not next to each other in a scale

Answer 3

Disjunct

Question 4

Notes outside the key of the music - can sound dissonant

Answer 4

Chromatic

Question 5

Notes within the scale of the music

Answer 5

Diatonic

Question 6

Includes all 12 notes of an octave

Answer 6

Chromatic scale

Question 7

A five note scale often found in traditional music (pop & rock)

Answer 7

Pentatonic scale

Question 8

A musical sentence

Answer 8

Phrase

Question 9

A repeating melodic phrase - common in minimalism

Answer 9

Ostinato

Question 10

Melody is inverted or turned upside down

Answer 10

Inversion

Question 11

Melody is reversed (CDE would become EDC)

Answer 11

Retrograde

Question 12

First note of the melody happens just before the first beat of the bar

Answer 12

Anacrusis

Question 13

The notes of a melody are repeated up or down a step

Answer 13

Sequence

Question 14

Moving upwards in pitch

Answer 14

Ascending

Question 15

Moving downwards in pitch

Answer 15

Descending