SUMMARY

i predict today im gonna do some dope ahh stuff ahhhhhhh

CLASSROOM

i watched How Melody Works (47 minutes)

notes:

semi tones cool

tention and release or something sounds alrght

tri tones ew (but cool)

blues scale pretty cool

he should do audio books

hes also very nice

i played an open e string (the first string)

Elizabeth Gilbert discuss’s creativity.

very spiritual

GILBERT???? BAGHBSAGHAHH

his lips are really red he needs to calm down

Theme – write the definitions next to the term
Motive
Period
Phrase
Antecedent (Question) Phrase
Consequent (Answer) Phrase
Scale Degrees
- Tonic
- Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant
- Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone
Steps
LeaTheme – a long, rythmic idea
Motive – a short, rythmic idea
Period – 8 measures/2 phrases
Phrase – set of four measures
Antecedent (Question) Phrase – first phrase/raise tension
Consequent (Answer) Phrase – second phrase/release
Scale DegreesTonic – home or not with stability/resolution
Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant – not home but not making much tension, it moves the song along
Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone – cause the most tension
Steps – movement using half or whole steps (lil steps to close notes)
Leaps – movement that uses more than half or whole steps (jumping around the scale)
Conjunct motion – melody built primarily using leaps
Disjunct motion – melody built primarily using leaps
Repetition – repeated material to create link between the two phrases
Contrast – material that contrasts a phrase
Variation – half way between repetition and contrast