University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
MUS 101 | Performance Class
Academic year:

2023
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324

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2
Author:

Prince Sampson

Ch. 1 melody : musical line ● Pitch ○ Highness or lowness of a note, depending on the frequence ● Frequency ○ Rate of vibration of a string or a column of air ● Note ○ Musical symbol denoting pitch and duration ● Staff ○ 5 parallel lines on which notes are written ● Duration ○ Length of time something lasts ● Volume ○ Degree of loudness or softness of a sound ● Tone color ○ Timbre ● Timbre ○ Quality of a sound that distinguishes it from one voice or instrument from another ● Melody ○ Succession of single pitches perceived by the ear as a unit ● Range ○ Distance between the highest and lowest pitches of a melody, instrument, or voice ● Contour ○ Overall shape of a melodic line as it moves up, down, and remains constant ● Interval ○ Distance and relationship between 2 pitches ● Conjunct ○ Smooth, connected melody that moves principally through small intervals ● Disjunct ○ Disconnected melody with many leaps ● Phrase ○ Musical unit ● Cadence ○ Resting place in a musical phrase ● Rhyme scheme ○ Arrangement of rhyming words or corresponding sounds at the end of poetic lines ● Climax ○ High point of a melodic line ● Countermelody ○ Accompanying melody sounded against the principal melody ● Ranges can be narrow, medium, or wide ● Melodies are visualized in a line graph, with a arch or wave ● Durcen, dido, aenas, act 3 ○ Descending melody ● The parts that make up a melody are phrases, phrases end in resting places called cadences ● Bach, cantata, no.4, wachet auf ○ An instrumental melody with a vocal countermelody ● Star - spangled banner ○ Wide range ○ Wavelike contour ○ Disjunct movement ● Single note description: tone color, duration ● Ride of the valkyries : disjunct and wide ● Timbre is not used to describe modules ● Most children's songs have a narrow range ● A melodic line that moves by small intervals in a connected manner

Chapter 1 Melody Musical Line

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