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The way the lyrics are set to particular notes to bring out the meaning, e.g., "sky" might be sung on a high note.
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A type of 5-note scale often used in Asian music.
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A note that is carried from the chord before, creating a dissonance with the new chord before resolving.
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The part of the melodic range that is most consistently used in a particular section of a song.
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The type of minor scale that has a raised 7th note, which appears as an accidental in the music notation.
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A type of melodic motion where two lines of melody are moving in opposite directions.
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a short melodic pattern, usually no longer than 1-2 bars in length, that repeats 3-4 or more times, using the same set of pitches.
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a short melodic pattern, usually no longer than 1-2 bars in length, that repeats immediately, 2-3 or more times, at a higher or lower pitch.
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A type of melodic motion where two lines of melody are moving in the same direction, at the same exact interval apart, e.g., in octaves
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The shape of the melody, defined by the intervals used, e.g., moving mostly by step (conjunct) or moving mostly by skips/leaps (disjunct).
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A type of melodic note that occurs between two chordal notes.
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The set of the notes in a melody, arranged from lowest to highest, with the final note of the melody (finalis) circled, and the solfa pitch names added below.
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The type of minor scale that has exactly the same notes as its relative major scale.
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The highest note in the melody.
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The interval between the highest and lowest notes in the melody.
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a short melodic pattern, usually no longer than 1-2 bars in length, that occurs in several places throughout a larger piece of music, separated by other melodic material.
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How high or low a note is.
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