1. MELODY
Melody usually single note phrases that is the LEAD of the piece
= single notes that add to a recognizable whole

2. A MELODY HAS
START / MIDDLE / END
DIRECTION / SHAPE / CONTINUITY
UP & DOWN

3. A MELODY HAS
TENSION & RELEASE
EXPECTION & ARRIVAL
MOVING IN STEPS or LEAPS

4. A MELODY HAS
RANGE = highest & lowest notes used in the melody (highest often called the CLIMAX)

5. are very important & can make melody unrecognizable
Time & Rhythm
are very important & can make melody unrecognizable

6. Legato vs. Staccato
Phrases & Sequence
Incomplete Cadence vs. Complete Cadence

7. Associations – standard licks
THEMES
Re-occuring Elements
Pitches
Rhythms
Melodic shapes
Tone Colors
Associations – standard licks
Quoting

8. HARMONY
To accompany with chords or other, related to the Main Melody but separate.
The Backround usually
Usually composed second
Multiple melodies can be imposed over same harmony
Harmony can be changed around original Melody

9. HARMONY = chords (more than 1 note at a time) how they are constructed
Progressions (how they follow 1 another)

10. Melody usually written 1st & dictates harmony will be
harmony can move & change against melody to create new textures
Basic Chord vocab. Has remained constant for hundreds of years, but new chord constructs do appear now& then.

11. CONSONANCE vs. DISSONANCE
Consonance = points of arrival, rest, resolution, they sound finished
Dissonance = create tension, onward motion towards consonance, considered “active”
harshness of dissonant chords is relative to time periods & Style

12. THE TRIAD( the basic chord)
most common type of chords most basic made of only 3 different tones
other chords can have 4, 5, 6, and more different notes.
notated as Root , 3rd, 5th, stacking on staff

13. BROKEN CHORDS (Arpeggios)
playing of chords (triads) as individual notes in sequence instead of all at the same time.

14. KEYS
Most melody and harmony are built around key centers (scales)
Chromatic scale all 12 tones of western octave (movement on keyboard)
Key signatures ( sharps and flats to add or take away)

15. --MAJOR KEYS C major scale (white keys / tetra chord steps in chromatic scale / steps same everywhere just higher or lower) MINOR KEYS --minor scales (sad keys)

16. Modulation (Changing of keys) ii V I V I IV I
Certain Chord Progressions commonly do this in JAZZ
ii V I
V I
IV I
Tonic key (key you started in)