Summary
I wrote two melodies to show that I learned how to use the note scale degrees.
My First Melody
https://onlinesequencer.net/874335
I started at C and I went back to C as it was my tonic note. I used G2 as my bass note.
One of My Favorite Melodies
https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/minnie-riperton/lovin-you
Key- A Major
Tempo- 125 bpm
Tension notes- F#, C#
The theme is happy
My Second Melody
https://onlinesequencer.net/874342
There isn’t really a pattern but the tune ascends mostly.
I use an ascending pattern and many leaps. The tonic note in the C scale is C, the supertonic is D, the mediant is E, the subdominant is F, dominant is G, submediant is A, and the leading tone is B.
Melody Composition Terms
theme – a longer, more flowing melodic idea.
motive – a short rhythmic idea
period – eight measures, a musical sentence
phrase – four measures, a piece of a musical sentence
antecedent (Question) Phrase – The first phrase, like asking a question, sets up for the next phrase
consequent (Answer) Phrase – The second phrase, almost like answering the question phrase one said
scale degree –
- tonic – Begins and ends the scale, determines what key you’re in and what the other notes will be [Stop, “Home”]
- supertonic, mediant, submediant – Have a moderate level of tension, won’t get the same feeling of rest [Rest]
- dominant, subdominant, leading tone – Have the most “forward moving force”, most tension [Go]
steps – any movement using half or whole steps
leap – any movement using intervals bigger than a whole step
conjunct motion – Melody built primarily out of steps
disjunct motion – Melody built primarily out of leap
repetition – using repeated material that can create a link between two phrases
contrast -Writing two phrases that contain and create tension and are different from each other
variation – half way between repetition and contrast, with some repeated parts and some varied parts
What I Learned and Problems I Solved
I learned how to use tonic notes and how to go from the beginning to the end of a musical phrase.