[Listening extract audio not available in printed QP. Skeleton score in Insert.] Study the melody below. (a) Describe the direction of the melody. [1] (b) T...
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Study the melody below.
(a) Describe the direction of the melody. [1]
(b) The notes move by step without jumps. What term describes this melodic movement? [1]
[Total: 2 marks]
Answer Details
(a) The melody moves upwards (ascending). [1] Looking at the notation, each successive note is placed higher on the staff than the previous one, indicating that the pitch rises continuously from the first note to the last. An ascending melody creates a sense of building energy or tension.
(b) The term for melodic movement by step without jumps is conjunct (also called stepwise). [1] Conjunct motion means the melody moves from one note to the next adjacent note in the scale, without skipping any pitches. The interval between each pair of consecutive notes is a second (either a tone or a semitone). This is the opposite of disjunct motion, where the melody includes larger intervals (leaps of a third or more). Conjunct melodies tend to sound smooth and singable.
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