properties of a good melody
- Created by: ARBJaguar
- Created on: 18-05-17 10:09
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- A good melody has:
- a climatic point - this way the music builds up and has a natural release point at the end
- A strong shape - try to mix ascending and descending ideas to create your shape
- balanced phrases, listeners like to hear phrases that match up so there's a sense of knowing what comes next
- a balance between leaps and steps, after a leap John Williams uses steps that are within that leap
- a sense of repeition
- a strong sense of key - use your tonic and dominant notes to define your key
- some contrast
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