Unit 2: Melody

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Unit 2: Melody

Grammar

Is the quality of sound that distinguishes high and low sounds

Pitch

Is a combination of pitch and rhythm

Melody

Game

The lowest...

The highest...

Lower than...

Superlative

Comparative

Higher than...

Grammar

Game rules

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Exercise 3

Exercise 2

Exercise 1

Accidentals

Ledger lines

Treble clef

Musical notes

Staff

Pitch symbols

The distance between the notes is measured in tones and semitones

A sequence of 8 notes beginning and ending with the same note, ordered from low to high sounds or the other way round is called scale

The distances between one note and the next with the same name is called an octave

Activity 1

Exercise 4

Pentatonic

Chromatic

Minor

Major

Types of scales

A piece of music composed in major scale has a joyful mood

Major scale

This is made of two groups of four notes with a semitone at the end

+ifo

A piece composed in minor scale has a sad mood

This has two groups of four notes, but the semitones are in different places: and 2nd and 3rd position and 5th and 6th position

Minor scale

It gives a sense of motion and tension. It has been used to evoke grief, loss and sorrow.

This has twelve notes. The distance between each note is a semitone

Chromatic scale

This has only five notes

A piece composed in pentatonic scale has a calm and relaxed mood

Pentatonic scale

Coro de esclavos de la Flauta MágicaMozart

Che si puo fareBarbara Strozzi

Altenberg LiederAlban Berg

Hit the road JackRay Charles

Compare and contrast

Music listening

I don't like it

I like it because

It's similar/different because

The mood of the composition is...

Expressions to use

LentoAdagioAndanteModeratoAllegroPresto

MajorMinorChromaticPentatonic

SadJoyfulAngryExoticCalmSweetRelaxedNervousFear

Tempo

Scale

Mood

Listen to the following songs composed in different scales (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic), write what mood you have and try to say which scale and tempo are used

Activity 2

Pendulum

Repeating

Directional

Undulating

The design of a melody is its form. We can distinguish four kinds of design

The design of a melody line

The melody line that moves to nearby notes

Undulating

A melody line that ascends or descends

Directional

A melody line that repeates a lot of notes

Repeating

A melody line that makes a lot of jumps between notes

Pendulum

Thank you!