Melody Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Melody?
A
A Tune.
2
Q
What are Balanced Phrases?
A
Where All the Phrases are Two, Four or Eight Bars Long.
3
Q
What are Question and Answer Phrases?
A
Where there are Two Balanced Phrases that Complement Each Other.
4
Q
What is Repetition?
A
Where Parts of the Melody Repeat, Perhaps at the Beginning of Two Phrases.
5
Q
What is a Sequence?
A
A Short Pattern of Notes in a Melody that is Immediately Repeated at a Different Pitch, Often One Note Higher or One Note Lower.
6
Q
What is Imitation?
A
Where a Melodic Idea is Copied by Another Part.
7
Q
What is a Countermelody?
A
Where Another Melody is Played at the Same Time as the Main Melody, Often Above the Main Melody but it doesn’t have to Be.
