EDUC3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Musical Cryptogram, Melody Type, Chord Progression
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Reading six: chapter 7 pitch 2 (melodic motif) Possibly the most recognisable element of music. A succession of pitches that are high, low, repeated, in motifs or phrases. Made up of 2-5 specific pitches and can be played using a number of different melodic instruments: xylophone, metallophones, marimbas, glockenspiels, guitar, piano, recorders, violins. A short melodic idea may also be called a motif, a motive, a cell, or a figure. These small pieces of melody will appear again and again in a piece of music, sometimes exactly the same and sometimes changed. When a motif returns, it can be slower or faster, or in a different key. It may return upside down (with the notes going up instead of down, for example), or with the pitches or rhythms altered. The fate motif from the first movement of beethoven"s symphony no.
