MUST 0812 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Monophony, Heterophony, Homophony
13 Feb 2017
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What is a melody? the memorable part of a song. Moves horizontally and from left and right. Made up of pitches (i. e. notes or sounds) Moves up or down by small (conjunct) or large (disjunct) intervals. An interval is the distance between 2 pitches or notes. These movements five a melody its shape or contour. Music notation represents these movement graphically range is the total distance (measured from highest to lowest note) that a melody covers. Phrases are subunits of a melody marked by strong or weak endings (cadences). think of strong and weak cadences like punctuation. weak cadences are commas, and strong cadences are periods. Melodies usually have a home note or tonic on which they begin and end a scale is a group of 7 notes (usually) that span one octave. the first and last notes of a scale are the same. Modes are determined by the steps used.
