Melodic pattern
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"A melodic pattern is just what the name implies: a melody with some sort of fixed pattern to it."[6] "The strong theme or motive is stated. It is repeated more or less exactly, but at a different pitch level."[7]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780739030899. "Melodic sequence is the repetition of an idea transposed by some interval."
- ISBN 9781257996148. "Melodic sequences are patterns that repeat at different pitches."
- ISBN 9780674011632. "Sequence: The repetition of a phrase of melody (melodic sequence)...at different pitch levels, the succession of pitch levels rising or falling by the same or similar succession of intervals."
- ^ Giffe, William Thomas (1906). A Practical Course in Harmony and Musical Composition, p.107. T. Presser. [ISBN unspecified] "A melodic sequence may consist of a melodic design, or phrase, repeated in a symmetrical manner."
- ISBN 0-7866-1791-8.
- ISBN 9780739053843.
- ISBN 9781457493874.
Further reading
- Hanon, C.L. (2000) The Virtuoso Pianist. ISBN 9780739031711.
- Lateef, Yusef (1981). Repository of Scales and Melodic Patterns. Fana Music. Cited in Baerman (2003), p. 33.
- ISBN 9780825672408. Cited in Baerman (2003), p. 33.
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