Melody

What is range?

• The distance between two notes.
• The span between the lowest and highest note in a melody.

• The shape of a melody.
• How loud an instrument is able to play. 

Melody is...

• the arrangement of musical sounds in time
• the main musical idea or tune
• the speed of the pulse
• the loudness or quietness of music

Notes that move higher or lower as they move from one note to the next in a melody are moving a certain...

• Direction
• Interval
• Range
• Register

Which instrument plays in a high register?

• Cello
• Trombone
• Flute
• Bassoon

An interval is...

• the distance between two notes.
• the shape of a melody.
• how loud or quiet a note is.
• the highest and lowest notes in a melody.

To follow one pitch with the same pitch in a melody is a...

• Step
• Skip
• Leap
• Repeat

To move from one note to the very next note higher or lower is moving by...

• Skip
• Step
• Leap

• Repeat

What is contour?

• The tune of the song.
• The span from the lowest to highest pitch in a melody.
• The shape of a melody.
• The location of the pitches.

These notes are moving...

• Lower by step
• Higher by leap
• Lower by skip
• Higher by step

How many notes do you have to skip in order to create a leap in a melody?

• 2 or more
• Zero
• 1
• 0.5