MUSC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Counter-Melody
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Melody: is a line, or the tune, in music, each melody is unique in contour and in range, contour, how it moves (up and down, range, span of pitches. Interval: is the distance between any two pitches. Conjunct: a melody that moves in small, connected intervals. Disjunct: a melody that moves in one that moves by leaps. Phrases: the units that make up a melody. Cadences: phrases end in resting places. Countermelody: a melody may be accompanied by a secondary melody. Musical sounds have pitch, determined by frequency. Pitches represented on five-line staff: symbol designates pitch and duration. Pitches also have volume and tone color: known as timbre. Melodies are a succession of pitches: range. Is the distance between highest and lowest notes: contour. Is the distance between any two pitches: conjunct/disjunct. Phrase: a unit of meaning within a larger structure. Cadences: resting places at ends of phrases. Melodies with text may have rhyme scheme.
