Melody (Junior Cert Music): Revision Notes

Melody

• Melody is a sequence of musical notes played or sung in a specific order to create a recognisable tune.
• It combines pitch (how high or low a note is) and rhythm (the timing of notes) to form the main musical idea in a piece

• Words often used to describe melody include:
  • Ascending (or rising)
  • Descending (or falling)
  • Low-pitched
  • High-pitched
  • Simple
  • Complicated
  • Repetitive
  • Stepwise
  • Leaping
  • Unpredictable

• Dreamy
• Clear