Grade 5: Melodic Pattern

Melody is one of the basic elements of music. It is a series of tones sounded one after another. Tones arranged beautifully produce a pleasant sound.

PITCH NAMES

Melodic Pattern is an arrangement of notes in succession. Pattern may be in ascending, descending directions or arranged in repeated movement.

Try singing the song below and notice how the notes move in the staff.

Groovy Kind of Love
by: Phil Collins

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The movement of tones may go up and down the staff by steps and by skips. It may be a step up or a step down. It may even be a skip up or a skip down regardless of how many intervals there are. But there are some notes which don't move. They remain on the same line or space.

Let's Take Note

Tones symbolized by notes on the staff have movement. Notes move up or down the staff in steps or skips.