Melody Keywords Quiz

How would you recognise an ascending melody?

• Melody moves by leap

• Melody uses notes outside of the key the piece is in

• Melody stays on the same note

• Melody rises in pitch

How would you recognise a descending melody?

• Direction of melody goes down in pitch

• Melody only uses notes of the key the piece is in

• The melody stays on the same note

• The melody moves by leap

A ______________ melody moves by leaps.

A ________ is the repetition of a melody or phrase, but at a different pitch

Match the following keywords with their definitions

• Melody stays on same note

• Diatonic

• Melody uses 5 note scale

• Pentatonic

• Melody only uses notes in the key

• Chromatic

• Melody uses notes outside of the key

• Monotone

What is the musical keyword for when the melody doesn't start on the first beat of the bar?

• anacrusis

• sequence

• imitation

• upbeat

The __________ of a melody is the distance between the highest and the lowest note.

If you were asked what the interval was between two notes, what would you do?

• Time the distance in seconds between the two notes

• Work out distance in pitch between the two notes

• Work out how much silence is between the two notes

What is vocalisation?

• Sliding between two notes when singing

• Where the notes are set to the music using more than one note per syllable

• The use of "ahhs" or nonsense syllables in a song

• Where the notes are set to the music using one note per syllable

________is the word used to describe words that are set to the music using one note per syllable.