GCSE RECAP

What is a melody?

• Notes played at the same time

• A single line of music that is heard above the accompaniment

• A compliment to the main line of music

• Chords in the bass

A melodic phrase which ascends or descends using the same or similar patterns of intervals

• Melodic sequence

• Conjunct

• Scalic

• Pattern

A melody which uses notes from the chord

• Sequence

• Triadic

• Retrograde

• Scalic

A melody which uses parts of the scale

• Scale

• Conjunct

• Disjunct

• Monotone

Moves in steps

• Disjunct

• Leap

• Angular

• Conjunct

Moves in leaps

• conjunct

• disjunct

• Scalic

• Pattern

The distance between the lowest note and the highest note

• Distance

• Leap

• Range

• Scale

A melody which moves in semitones

• Scale

• Chromatic

• Sequence

• Pattern

Instrument suited to playing fanfares

• Piano

• Saxophone

• Trumpet

• Trombone

The technical musical word to describe the interval between two notes

• Distance

• Interval

• Range

• Scope