aos3 melody terms

Blue notes

Flattened notes in a blues cale

Blues scale

Flattened 3rd fifth and seventh notes of a major scale. The unflattened fifth is also played

Pentatonic

5 note scale used in folk music. Major pentatonic scales use notes 1,2,3,5 and 6. Minor use 1,3,4,5 and 7 of a natural minor scale.

Modal

Music based on modes(seven note scale following a particular sequence of tones and semitones)

Slide/glissando/portamento

A slide between notes

Pitch bend

Electronic effect used to bend a note or add harmony

Ostinato

Repeated phrases

Appoggiatura

Ornament that clashes with accompanying chord and then resolves

Riff

Vocal technique where the singer decorates the melody with lots of notes

Melody scat

Improvised singing used in jazz, with nonsense words and syllables

Melisma

More than one note per syllable

Improvisation

Music made up on the spot by the performer often based on given chord progression or set of notes.