Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unique Key, Melodic Motion, Semitone
25 Apr 2018
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Melody- a single line of notes heard inn succession as a coherent unit. Harmony- the sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together. Texture- based on the number and general relationship of musical lines or voices. Words that come together, you can put commas and end in a predictable way. Melodic motion- either conjunct (motion by steps) or disjunct (motion by leaps) Melodic notes typically derive from a scale (series of stepwise notes spanning an octave) line of notes that go from bottom to top and we arrange them in a scale. C c# d d# e f f# g g# a a# b c difference between major and minor scale is where you put the semitone. Scales combine whole steps and half steps, forming the building blocks of a melody. Central note of a scale or melody determines its key. Standard western music uses 12 keys with two possible modes.
