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Summary
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My First Melody
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Lesson Melody
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One of My Favorite Melodies
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My Second Melody
Melody Composition Terms
- Theme – a longer, more flowing melodic idea
- Motive – a short, rhythmic idea (Beethoven’s firth symphony)
- Period – is 8 measures of music
- Phrase – average 4 measures
- Antecedent (Question) Phrase – the first phrase is called this
- Consequent (Answer) Phrase – second phrase is called this
- Scale Degrees – position of a particular note on a scale
- Tonic – start and stop notes. other words home
- Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant – neighbor to the tonic note
- Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone – the most forward movement away from home notes
- Steps – any movement using half or whole steps
- Leaps – any movement using intervals larger than a whole-step
- Conjunct motion – melody built primarily out of steps
- Disjunct motion – melody built primarily using leaps
- Repetition – used repeated materials to create a link between the two phrases of a period
- Contrast – write two phrases that contain contrasting material to create tension and interest
- Variation – halfway between repetition and contrast. the two phrases include some recognizable material and some varied material
