GCSE Music EDUQAS Appendix C -Melody Terms

What is an anacrusis in music?

• A repeated rhythm pattern throughout a piece

• A note or sequence of notes that precedes the first strong beat

• A short melody that repeats over changing chords

• A note held for an entire bar

What does conjunct (stepwise) movement describe in a melody?

• Notes that leap by intervals larger than a 3rd

• Notes moving in smooth steps (2nds)

• A melody based only on chords

• A phrase that repeats at a new pitch

What is a disjunct (angular) melody?

• A melody that moves in small steps

• A melody that uses a scale

• A melody with large leaps between notes

• A melody that repeats exactly

What is an arpeggio or broken chord?

• Playing all notes of a chord at once

• Notes played one at a time from a chord

• A rapid alternation of two notes

• A repeated scale pattern

What does scalic (ascending or descending) mean?

• Moving in leaps

• Using notes from a scale in order

• Playing repeated chords

• Singing in harmony

What does "low pitch" mean?

• A quiet sound

• A note sung softly

• A sound with a slow frequency

• A short note

What is meant by "high pitch"?

• A sound with a fast frequency

• A loud sound

• A note with lots of harmonics

• A sound played on a string instrument

What is musical "range"?

• The distance between two beats

• The span from the lowest to highest note

• The interval of a tone

• A scale pattern in a piece

What is a sequence in melody?

• A repeated rhythmic pattern

• A phrase repeated at a different pitch

• A note that stays the same

• A major scale pattern

What is imitation in melody?

• A melody that moves in steps

• A repeated rhythmic pattern

• One part copying another shortly after

• Playing notes without a beat