Melodic movement

Describe the melodic movement in this musical example.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Triadic

• Scalic

Answer explanation

Conjunct means music that moves in steps.

Describe the melodic movement in this musical example.

• disjunct

• conjunct

• triadic

• scalic

Answer explanation

Disjunct means music that moves in leaps.

Describe the melodic movement in this musical example

• disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Conjunct means music that moves in steps.

Describe the melodic movement in this musical example.

• disjunct

• conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Conjunct means to move in steps.

Listen to the opening of Piazzolla: Primavera portena (Spring) and describe the melodic movement used in this extract.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Disjunct means to move in leaps.

Listen to this short extract of "I guess that's why we call it the Blues" by Elton John. Describe which type of melodic movement you can hear.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Disjunct means that the music moves in leaps.

Describe the melodic movement in this musical example.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Conjunct is music that moves in steps.

Listen to this intro to the song "Clocks" and describe the melodic movement you can hear.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Triadic means each note of a chord is played separately.

Listen to this extract from the "Montagues and Capulets" describe the melodic movement that you can hear.

• Disjunct

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Triadic

Answer explanation

Disjunct music moves in leaps.

Listen to this musical extract from "The house of the rising sun" describe which melodic feature you can hear.

• Scalic

• conjunct

• Arpeggiaic

• Modal

Answer explanation

Arpeggiaic movement a.k.a. "broken chord," indicates a chord in which the notes are sounded individually.