1.3 Scales and Melody
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scale
a collection of arranged pitches used as the basis for music
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interval
the distance between any two pitches
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octave
an interval between two pitches where they sound very similar, just higher or lower (2:1 ratio of frequency)
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diatonic scale
the Western music set of seven pitches which make up the octave (eight span), as the first is repeated (just the white keys)
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chromatic scale
12 pitches, including the diatonic scale and the five in between (white and black keys)
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diatonic notation
lines and spaces in the staff
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chromatic notation
flat (b) or sharp (#)
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half step (semitone)
smallest easily identifiable interval
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whole step
two half steps, and the distance between two white keys which are separated by a black key
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melody
an organized series of pitches built from any scale
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tune
a simple, easily singable, catchy melody
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length of phrases
typically 2, 4, or 8 bars long
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parallelism
same notes, different words
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sequence
the duplication of a phrase at 2+ different pitch levels
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