MELODY

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MELODY

• A very important element of music!

Music 4th-6th grades Stephenie Wheeler
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DEFINITION OF MELODY

• A tune
• A line of single tones that move upward, move
  downward, or repeat

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The Staff

• The musical staff is made up of five horizontal
  lines and four spaces.
  

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There is a direct relationship between playing
consecutive white keys on the piano, writing
notes on the musical staff, and the letters of
the musical alphabet.
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LINES SPACES
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Treble Clef Names
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Notes can move upward
If you think of the lines as a ladder, it is
easier to understand them. The higher you climb
on the ladder of lines, the higher the notes will
sound. The spaces count as steps on the ladder
too.
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Notes can move downward
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Notes can repeat or stay the same
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Notes can move by step

• This means there will be a note on every line and
  space, consecutively
  

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Notes can move by skip
This means that notes are placed on the staff, or
sounded by a pattern of skipping every other
note. In the example below, the space notes ar
e skipped, so the notes move up by skip.
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Notes can move by leap

• This means that the distance between the notes is
  farther than a skip.
  
• Notes that move by leap will sound far apart as
  well.