MUSIC 1AA3 Chapter Notes -Duple And Quadruple Metre, Melodic Motion, Rondo

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC 1AA3
• Professor: Lara Housez

Document Summary

Melody a single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unity. Note the smallest unit of music, the building block out of which larger structures are created. Cadence a point of arrival signalling the end of a musical unit. Half cadence a point of musical arrival that is not yet closure; of thought of as punctuation, a half cadence is like a comma, whereas a full cadence is like a period. Full cadence a musical point of arrival that creates a strong sense of closure. Melodic motion the movement of pitches within a melody up or down, either by step (conjunct motion) or by leap (disjunct motion) Conjunct motion melodic motion of pitches by step. Disjunct motion melodic motion of pitches by leap. Scale a series of notes that provide the essential pitch building blocks of a melody.