Melody (succession heights)

See also: Melody

In a musical system , the word melody indicates the dimension which takes into account the height S emitted by a source, individual or collective, instrumental or vocal, within an unspecified musical realization. The melody is opposed mainly to the Rythme, another component of the music.

Because it makes follow one another of the sounds the different Fréquence S, a melody is a succession of intervals. Indeed, from the point of view of the interprets, like that of the listener, each note of a melody is determined by the melody interval which separates this one from the preceding note.

The melody in the Western music

In the Western music, each note of a melody moreover is determined by the melody interval which separates this one from the fundamental note - or note of reference - called “tonic” in the tonal music.

  • the word melody is opposed thus to the Polyphonie - or Harmonie , these two terms taken in their broadest direction of “ proceeded musical using deliberated simultaneities ” -, this technique of writing constituting one of the singularities of the Western music since the medium of the Moyen-âge.

The melody for the polyphonic period

During the period which goes from the XIII {{E}} at the 16th century, the Western music is more precisely known as polyphonic and modal, and its process of composition is called counterpoint.

  • a piece of music of this time, can be regarded as a “ superposition of melodies ”, each one of them being carried out by different the parts of the unit.

The melody for the harmonic period

During the period which begins at the end from the Renaissance, the music is more precisely known as harmonic and tonal, and its principal process of composition is called monodie.

  • In this second technique, a part is detached from the others to carry out the principal melody line , called quite simply “ melody ” - generally located at the upper part of the building. In this new direction, the melody is thus opposed to the low as with different the left intermediate which constitutes the accompaniment principal line - accompaniment which can be synthesized in a series of agreements. One speaks besides on this subject, of “ accompanied melody ”.

See too

Simple: Melody

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