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MELODY Melody usually single note phrases that is the LEAD of the piece

MELODY Melody usually single note phrases that is the LEAD of the piece = single notes that add to a recognizable whole. A MELODY HAS START / MIDDLE / END DIRECTION / SHAPE / CONTINUITY UP & DOWN. A MELODY HAS TENSION & RELEASE EXPECTION & ARRIVAL MOVING IN STEPS or LEAPS.

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MELODY Melody usually single note phrases that is the LEAD of the piece

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  1. MELODY • Melody usually single note phrases that is the LEAD of the piece • = single notes that add to a recognizable whole

  2. A MELODY HAS • START / MIDDLE / END • DIRECTION / SHAPE / CONTINUITY • UP & DOWN

  3. A MELODY HAS • TENSION & RELEASE • EXPECTION & ARRIVAL • MOVING IN STEPS or LEAPS

  4. A MELODY HAS • RANGE = highest & lowest notes used in the melody (highest often called the CLIMAX)

  5. Time & Rhythm are very important & can make melody unrecognizable

  6. Legato vs. Staccato Phrases & Sequence Incomplete Cadence vs. Complete Cadence

  7. THEMES • Re-occuring Elements • Pitches • Rhythms • Melodic shapes • Tone Colors • Associations

  8. HARMONY • To accompany with chords or other, related to the Main Melody but separate. • The Backround usually • Usually composed second • Multiple melodies can be imposed over same harmony • Harmony can be changed around original Melody

  9. HARMONY • HARMONY = chords (more than 1 note at a time) • how they are constructed • Progressions (how they follow 1 another)

  10. Melody usually written 1st & dictates harmony will be • harmony can move & change against melody to create new textures • Basic Chord vocab. Has remained constant for hundreds of years, but new chord constructs do appear now& then.

  11. CONSONANCE vs. DISSONANCE • Consonance = points of arrival, rest, resolution, they sound finished • Dissonance = create tension, onward motion towards consonance, considered “active” • harshness of dissonant chords is relative to time periods

  12. THE TRIAD • most common type of chords most basic made of only 3 different tones • other chords can have 4, 5, 6, and more different notes. • notated as Root , 3rd, 5th, stacking on staff • 4 basic TRIADS / MAJ, MIN, DIM, AUG

  13. BROKEN CHORDS (Arpeggios) • playing of chords (triads) as individual notes in sequence instead of all at the same time.

  14. KEYS • Most melody and harmony are built around key centers (scales) • Chromatic scale all 12 tones of western octave (movement on keyboard) • Key signatures ( sharps and flats to add or take away)

  15. --MAJOR KEYSC major scale (white keys / tetra chord steps in chromatic scale / steps same everywhere just higher or lower)MINOR KEYS--minor scales (sad keys)

  16. Modulation (Changing of keys) • Tonic key (key you started in)

  17. LISTENING JOURNAL • CHOPIN PRELUDE in E Minor • 1st time listen for melody • 2nd time listen for harmony

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