Melody Vocabulary

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Conjunct
moves in step
1 of 23
Disjunct
moves in leaps
2 of 23
Triadic
based on notes of chords
3 of 23
Scalic
moves by step in up or down
4 of 23
Arpeggio
broken chord
5 of 23
Trill
back and forth between two notes
6 of 23
Mordent
smaller trill
7 of 23
Turn
turns around the note
8 of 23
Acciacctura
crush note
9 of 23
Grace Note
crush note
10 of 23
Diatonic
major or minor
11 of 23
Chromatic
moves in semi-tones
12 of 23
Pentatonic
5 notes
13 of 23
Whole Tone
moves in whole-tones, other wordly
14 of 23
Modal
renaissance / folk
15 of 23
Sequence
melodic pattern repeated on different notes
16 of 23
Inversion
melody turned upside down
17 of 23
Slide/Glissando
slides up and down
18 of 23
Legato
smooth
19 of 23
Staccato
detached
20 of 23
Ostinato
short melodic pattern repeated
21 of 23
Riff
popular music ostinato
22 of 23
Blues Notes
bluesy sounds
23 of 23

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

moves in leaps

Back

Disjunct

Card 3

Front

based on notes of chords

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

moves by step in up or down

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

broken chord

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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