Chapter 1: Melody: Musical Line
Study Plan
Key Points
- A melody is the line, or tune, in music, a concept that is shared by most cultures.
- Each melody is unique in its contour (how it moves up and down) and in its range, or span of pitches.
- An interval is the distance between any two pitches in a melody. A melody that moves in small, connected intervals is considered conjunct, while one that moves by leaps is called disjunct.
- The units that make up a melody are phrases.
- Phrases end in resting places called cadences.
- A melody may be accompanied by a secondary melody, or a countermelody.
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