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BY: NEKISHA BURDEN

MELODY: MUSIC TO MY EARS…. BY: NEKISHA BURDEN. WHAT DOES MELODY MEAN?. MELODY IS CATCHY OR APPEASING ARRANGEMENT OF SOUNDS. ABOUT MELODIES. CREATING A MELODY CAN BE VERY SIMPLE AND A LOT OF FUN. HERE ARE SIMPLE GUIDELINES TO CREATING A MELODY: KEEP THE RHYTHM EASY AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU START.

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BY: NEKISHA BURDEN

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  1. MELODY: MUSIC TO MY EARS…. BY: NEKISHA BURDEN

  2. WHAT DOES MELODY MEAN? • MELODY IS CATCHY OR APPEASING ARRANGEMENT OF SOUNDS.

  3. ABOUT MELODIES • CREATING A MELODY CAN BE VERY SIMPLE AND A LOT OF FUN. HERE ARE SIMPLE GUIDELINES TO CREATING A MELODY: • KEEP THE RHYTHM EASY AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU START. • THE CONTOUR IS THE SHAPE OF THE LINE. • THE PEAK IS THE HIGHEST OR LOWEST POINT. • THERE SHOULD ONLY BE ONE PEAK. • THE PEAK CAN OCCUR ON THE ARCH WHICH VARIES FROM THE LOW TO HIGH.

  4. LEARNING MORE ABOUT MELODIES • INTERVERTED ARCHES ARE ONES THAT ARE SIMPLY UPSIDE DOWN. • MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE UP YOUR PITCH OR ELESE THE MELODY WON’T BE INTERESTING. • YOU CAN TELL THE PITCH IS GETTING HIGHER OR LOWER BY THE CONTOUR OF THE MELODY. IF ITS HIGHER THE LINE WILL GO UP AND IF IT’S A LOWER PITCH THE LINE WILL GO LOWER. • A DISJUNCT MELODY IS ONE THAT RISES AND FALLS VERY QUICKLY WITH LARGE INTERVALS. • A CONJUNCT HAS SMALL CHANGES IN THE PITCHES. • MIXED HAS BOTH QUALITIES OF A DISJUNCT AND A CONJUNCT IN IT.

  5. MELODIC PHRASES • MELODIES ARE MADE UP OF A LOT OF PHRASES. • A MUSICAL PHRASE IS A GROUP OF NOTES THAT SOUND APPEASING TO THE EAR. • VARING THE RHYTHM AND HARMONY OF THE MELODY HELPS COMPELLING AND HELPS IT SOUND PLEASANT. • AN ANTECEDENT PHRASE IS THE FIRST PHRASE OF A PERIOD. • A CONSEQUENT IS THE SECOUND PHRASE OF A PEROIOD. • PHRASES WILL OFTEN RUN INTO EACH OTHER OR BE CUT SHORT IN A MELODY.

  6. MOTIF • A MOTHIF IS SHORT MUSICAL IDEA THAT REOCCURS IN A MUSICAL PIEACE. • MOTIF ARE USUALLY SHORTER THAN PHRASES. • THEY REOCCUR THE SAME OR SOMETIMES DIFFERENT (SHORTER, FASTER, HIGHER LOWER). • A CERTAIN TYPE OF MOTIF CALLED A LEITMOTIF CAN BE LONGER AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR THING OR PERSON IN OPERA.

  7. COUNTERPOINTS AND THEMES • COUNTERPOINTS IN MELODIES ARE THE COMBINATIONS OF TWO MELODIC LINES. • MUSIC THAT CONTAIN COUNTERPOINTS CAN ALSO BE REFERED AS A POLYPHNY. • COUNTERPOINTS ARE USUALLY IN INTRUSMENTAL MUSIC AND POLYPHNY ARE USED IN VOCAL MUSIC. • THEMES IN MUSIC IS A COMPLETE TUNE OR MELODY WHICH IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND THAT SIGNIFIES WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE MUSIC. • LONGER WORKS HAVE MORE THAN ONE THEME. THEY ARE AT LEAST ONE PHRASE LONG.

  8. LINKS THAT CAN GIVE ADDITIONAL HELP WITH MELODIES. • http://cnx.org/content/m11647/latest/ • http://smu.edu/totw/melody.htm • DOWNLOAD A FLASH PIANO ON MODULE 2 MELODY. • WWW.SOUNDJUNCTION.ORG • http://www.centralcityopera.org/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=958 • http://wolftrapopera.blogspot.com/2009/05/chapter-3-recitative-whiplash.html • CREATE AN ACCOUNT AT: WWW.ANNENBERGMEDIA.COM

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