MUS 1751 Chapter : Ch 3
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Ch. 3 melody: a melody is a series of pitches arranged to form a cohesive, musical line. More commonly called the tune : most melodies have four main elements in common, a solid tonal center, forward motion, a goal or climax, a final feeling of repose. Pitch is the relative position of a sound high or low. Duplication of a pitch either higher or lower is called the octave. The octave is produced by either a doubling or halving of the vibration rate. A=440, octave up is 880, octave down is 220. Western music has preferred a division of 7 pitches in the octave. These are called: c d e f g a b then back to c. (the octave) Melodies are notated on a grid work of lines called a staff this staff is marked with a clef to show the relative position of the pitches.
