Music 4 - Melodic contour

It is the distance between two pitches on the staff or keyboard.

• interval

• scale

• melodic contour

It is the movement or direction of melody.

• interval

• scale

• melodic contour

It is the succession of notes.

• interval

• scale

• melodic contour

Melody has _____ when notes stay in the same pitch.

• no movement

• ascending stepwise

• descending stepwise

• ascending skipwise (up by skip)

• descending skipwise (down by skip)

Melody is ____ when notes go up by steps.

• no movement

• ascending stepwise

• descending stepwise

• ascending skipwise (up by skip)

• descending skipwise (down by skip)

Melody is ____ when notes go down by steps.

• no movement

• ascending stepwise

• descending stepwise

• ascending skipwise (up by skip)

• descending skipwise (down by skip)

Melody is ____ when notes skip upward.

• no movement

• ascending stepwise

• descending stepwise

• ascending skipwise (up by skip)

• descending skipwise (down by skip)

Melody is ____ when notes skip downward.

• no movement

• ascending stepwise

• descending stepwise

• ascending skipwise (up by skip)

• descending skipwise (down by skip)

A ____ means more than a whole step.

• skip

• step

A ____ means a whole step of a half step away.

• skip

• step