Learn Foundation Concepts - Melodic
Ascending | Descending | Stepwise | Leaping | Broken chords | Repetition | Sequence | Phrase | Question | Answer |
| Going up - notes which rise in pitch. | ||
| Going down - notes which fall in pitch. | ||
Either moving up or down. The notes in a piece of music are next door to each other as in a scale, C D E F G A B C etc.
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Most of the notes in a piece of music have gaps between them. Jumping from one note to the next as in the broken chords below. Listen to an example played by a Military band.
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| Going up and down using only the notes of the chord played separately. Another musical term for this is Arpeggio and is used at General Level. |
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| A musical idea is heard more than once. It could be the tune, or some other part of the music, like the Bass part or just a short musical idea.
Listen to an example played by an Orchestra. See also Ostinato and Riff
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A musical idea or pattern which is immediately repeated moving either up or down in pitch. The example is played by an Orchestra.
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| A group of notes forming a section or part of a melody. | ||
| A first phrase of a section of music which is followed by another phrase, the answer. | ||
A responding musical phrase in 'answer’ to a first phrase, the question. Listen to a question followed by an answer. |
