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Melodic motion

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'''Melodic motion''' is the quality of movement of a melody, including nearness or farness of succession successive pitch (music) pitches or note (music) notes in a melody. This may be described as conjunct or disjunct, stepwise or skipwise, respectively. Bruno Nettl (1956, p.51-53) describes various types of '''melodic movement''' or '''contour''': *Ascending *Descending *Undulating: equal movement in both of the above directions *Pendulum: extreme undulation which uses a large range and large Interval (music) intervals *Tile, terrace, or cascading: a number of descending phrase (music) phrases in which each phrase begins on a higher pitch than the last ended *Arc *Rise: may be considered a musical form, a contrasting section of higher pitch, a "musical plateau" Other examples include: *Double tonic: smaller pendular motion in one direction These all may be modal frame (music) modal frames or parts of modal frames.

Source
*Nettl, Bruno (1956). ''Music in Primitive Culture''. Harvard University Press. {{music-theory-stub}} Category:Melodic motion {{catmore}} Category:Musical techniques