Melody

intervals

distance between 2 notes

steps

two adjacent tones

leaps

any interval larger than a step

unison

repeated tone

melodic range

The range between the highest and lowest notes

melody

The series of pitches that make up the tune of the song

Melody create the feeling of what?

expectation and release

Melody has a _______

Melody has
a beginning, middle, and end

Melody has what movement?

upward and downward movement

Legato

shown with what? called what?

means performed in a smooth connected style. Shown with a long line called a slur

Staccato

shown with what?

means to be performed in a detached style. Shown with a dot above each note.

End of a phrase is called

cadence.

Cadence can be

resolved or unresolved

Word Painting

When the melody of the text represents the actions described in the text.

Melodic Phrasing

Phrases are to music what sentences are to paragraphs with natural breaks and pauses.