Learning Task 3: Before you can create or compose your own music, let
us recall some important facts about melody
Melody is a succession of tones arranged carefully to give us an
interesting and pleasing sound. It is the horizontal relationship of tones.
The most common term used to denote melodic substance is the
word tune. It implies on easy to recognize and easy-to-remember melody
composer, they use Key of C. It is casier to use because it has no flat nor
such as that of a folk song or a pop hit.
throughout the song. It follows a
key. If there are no sharps or flats, the song is in the key of C major,
Melody moves by steps and skips. Melody has shapes. Melody has a
Melodies have central musical ideas that can be heard repeatedly all
certain key. Usually, for beginner
sharp
These melodies have shape or contour that moves up and down.
Melodic contour refers to the direction and tonal movement of the
onclodies. Some notes move in an ascending manner while other notes stay
on the same level and some in descending direction.
Notes in ascending and stepwise movement
Notes in descending and stepwise movement
Note that move in upward skips
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Notes that move in downward sidps
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Repeated movement/Stationary​