Melody Flashcards
Word painting
Bar 1 - falling scalic figure - melancholy mood of text
‘happie’ uses highest note of piece to emphasise happiness
Ornamentation
- Lower auxiliary note bars 1 + 15
- Passing note bar 13
Conjunct/disjunct
Conjunct - moves in step and ostinato (at start)
Lower auxiliary
Bar 1
Passing note
Bar 1
Suspension
7-6 bar 1
4-3 bar 7
Sequences
Bar 21 ‘happie’ - descending melodic sequence
Lute part
Revolutionary - function as a melody on its own
Vocal range
Minor 9th
Most notes range
4th (G-C)
Melismas
Bar 7 ‘forlorne’
Words =
equally important as music
Predominant intervals
- pensive mood
- bar 12 major and minor 3rds
Syncopation
Bar 6 - ‘infamy’
Long notes
Emphasise words - bar 1 ‘flow’ and ‘fall’
Accented passing note
Bar 2 voice
Melodic devices
PN bar 1
APN bar 2
LAN bar 1
Parallel 6ths
Bar 12