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Melody

We all know a melody when we hear it, but how do we define melody? Melody combines sound and rhythm to form something that grabs our attention. It can be simply defined as a group of pitches played one at a time to a specific rhythm.

Melody: Combining Pitches and Rhythms
Tonality and Scales
Melodic Intervals: Step, Skip, and Leap
Melodic Intervals: Half Steps and Whole Steps
Melodic Intervals: Numeric Intervals
Major Scales
Major Key Signatures
Minor Scales
The Natural Minor Scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
The Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic Intervals: Intervallic Quality
Melodic Intervals: How to Determine Melodic Interval Quality