Element of Music: Melody

a melody that moves in small, connected intervals (steps)

• disjunct

• melodic contour

• conjunct

• melodic motion

Upward melodic movement.

• step up

• ascending

• leap up

• descending

Name this melodic motion.

• leap up

• leap down

• step up

• skip up

Name this melodic motion.

• leap down

• skip down

• skip up

• step down

Name this melodic motion

• skip up

• repeated notes

• step down

• step up

Name this melodic motion.

• skip up

• leap up

• skip down

• leap down

Name this melodic motion.

• skip down

• step down

• leap down

• leap up

Name this melodic motion.

• skip down

• step down

• leap down

• step up

Name this melodic motion.

• step down

• leap down

• skip up

• skip down

Name this melodic motion.

• skip down

• skip up

• step up

• repeated notes