melody notes in the beatles Flashcards
1
Q
sequence
A
a repeated melody up or down in pitch
2
Q
blues scale
A
sings using the blues scale
3
Q
improvisation
A
making it up as you go along
4
Q
melisma
A
singing a word on more than one note
5
Q
riff/ostinato
A
repeated melodic pattern
6
Q
octave interval
A
notes that move 8 notes up or down
7
Q
counter melody
A
another melody as well as the main one.
8
Q
triadic melody
A
melody that plays 1, 3 & 5 of the scale (arpeggio)
9
Q
scalic melody
A
melody that runs up and down a scale- notes of a scale played one after the other.
10
Q
pentatonic scale
A
scale with 5 notes
11
Q
drone
A
long held bass note
12
Q
call and reponse
A
someone calls, other respond/ call back
13
Q
intervals
A
the distance between notes(the interval/ break)