1) going up or down in steps/up and down the scale a) ostinato b) conjunct/stepwise/scalic c) regular phrasing d) arpeggio 2) moving in leaps a) ostinato b) broken chords c) ascending/descending d) disjunct 3) moving up or down in pitch a) ascending/descending b) imitation c) motif d) disjunct 4) a chord broken up into a sequence of notes a) Alberti bass b) conjunct/stepwise/scalic c) disjunct d) broken chords 5) accompaniment in the bass line on the piano based on the pattern 1 5 3 5 a) ostinato b) sequence c) Alberti bass d) anacrusis 6) notes from a chord moving up or down in the same direction (usually 1,3,5,8ve) a) imitation b) arpeggio c) ornamentation d) sequence 7) moving by the notes from a triad (1,3,5) a) imitation b) anacrusis c) arpeggio d) triadic 8) a melodic pattern repeated many times a) ascending/descending b) ostinato c) contrasting melody (countermelody) d) imitation 9) repetition of a melodic motif at a higher or lower pitch a) imitation b) arpeggio c) contrasting melody (countermelody) d) sequence 10) an exact repetition of the melody a) ostinato b) repetition c) disjunct d) conjunct/stepwise/scalic 11) a melodic motif is copied a few notes later in a different part, often at a different pitch, with the two parts overlapping a) ostinato b) contrasting melody (countermelody) c) sequence d) imitation 12) ways of embellishing or decorating the melody a) ostinato b) ornamentation c) broken chords d) repetition 13) a recurring melodic idea a) conjunct/stepwise/scalic b) imitation c) motif d) Alberti bass 14) one or more weak-beat notes before the first strong beat of a phrase a) anacrusis b) motif c) repetition d) broken chords 15) a different melody: may differ in pitch, length of notes, length of phrase etc. a) contrasting melody (countermelody) b) broken chords c) ostinato d) anacrusis 16) balanced phrases of the same length. a) motif b) ornamentation c) regular phrasing d) imitation

GCSE Music: MELODY (April 2025)

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