Melody key words

A sequence is when you…

• Have a repeated melody

• You have the same melody higher or lower in pitch

• The melody is passed to another instrument

• The notes of the melody gets ascends

Imitation is when

• The melody is copied by another instrument

• The melody is repeated

• The melody is repeated higher or lower in pitch

• The melody is played in unison

If the melody ascends

• The notes go lower in pitch

• The notes are disjunct

• The melody is syllabic

• The notes get higher in pitch

A conjunct melody means

• The notes of the melody are close together

• The notes of the melody are far apart

• The notes of the melody are disjunct

• The notes of the melody are syllabic

Chromatic means

• The melody is syllabic

• The notes are a sequence

• The melody uses black and white notes

• The melody is disjunct

A syllabic melody means

• There is one note per syllable

• The melody is conjunct

• The melody is melismatic

• The notes are syllabic

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