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ELEMENTS OF MUSIC (cont’d)

MELODY:
Definition: Single tones that add up to a recognisable whole.

Notation: A system of writing music including Pitch: “The highness and lowness of musical
symbols sound.

 Bar lines, double bar lines  Movement by step, skip, leap, repeats
 The Treble, Bass and Alto Staves/Clefs  Melodic intervals (simple and compound
 Notes on Ledger lines intervals)
 Pitch names on the staff (A,B,C,D,E,F,G)  Major, minor, perfect, augmented,
 Sharp, flat, natural, double sharp, double diminished intervals
flats  Half and whole steps
 Key signatures- major and minor keys  Chromatic pitch movement
 Indefinite pitch/graphic notation/Key  Whole tone scale,
Ornaments (trills, turns, mordents,  Tone row
appoggiatura, grace note/acciaccatura)  Pentatonic scale
 Circle of Fifths
 Diatonic major and minor scales
 Diatonic major and minor scales
 Blues scale
 Raga
 Phrase and phrase structure
 Melodic contour/ melodic shape
 Melodic sequence
 Transposition
 Technical names of notes in a key:
Tonic,
Supertonic,
Mediant,
Sub-dominant,
Submediant,
Leading note

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