Intro to Music (Ch 1- Melody: Musical Line)

A melodic ______ ends in a resting place, or cadence.

phrase

A melodic phrase end is a resting place, or _________.

cadence

A cadence punctuates the music the same way a comma or _______ punctuates a sentence.

period

A ______ punctuates the music the same way a comma or period punctuates a sentence.

cadence

An _____ is the distance between two pitches.

interval

What is an interval?

the distance between two pitches

A melody that moves by small intervals is described as _________.

conjunct

A melody that moves by large intervals is described as _________.

disjunct

Disjunct is:

a melody that moves by large intervals

Conjunct is:

a melody that moves by small intervals

Melody is used to describe a ____ in music.

tune

If a melody is performed alongside another melody at the same time, the second melody is called a ________.

countermelody

countermelody is:

the second melody played alongside another melody

Melodies are heard as a ______ thought

cohesive

______ describes the distance between the lowest and highest notes

Range

The distance between the lowest and highest notes is known as:

Range

Range:

the distance between the lowest and highest notes

what are the three types of ranges?

narrow, very wide, or somewhere in between

_____ can be very narrow, very wide, or somewhere in between.

Ranges

Contour

the way the notes move up and down

The way that notes move up and down is known as:

contour

The distance from one note to the next is called:

interval

melodies that move by small intervals

conjunct

Melodies that span larger intervals

disjunct

Melodies can shift from conjunct to disjunct within a piece, and sometimes even within a _____

phrase

the phrase ending is only a pause

incomplete cadence

A phrase ending that sounds like a period at the end of a sentence

complete cadence