Week 6

Date:  9^th September

For our week 6 class we looked at “Minor Melodies, Melodic momentum and Melissma”.

For minor scales we looked at the construction of the melodies this includes harmonic and melodic minor plus colour tones (stable tones 1 b3 5  and unstable tones 2 4 6 7 ).

Additional to that order while considering the mood, character and emption of what is given of the tone/scale. Melodic momentum this is controlling the speed of a song without changing the tempo by using acceleration and decelerating motions using different “musical devises” 1.  The three techniques used are: “Phrasal acceleration. Rhythmic acceleration and Harmonic

Acceleration” 2.

• Phrasal acceleration moving from longer phrases to short phrases
• Rhythmic acceleration is dense melody and sparse melody. The feeling of acceleration is when you move from sparse to dense and deceleration is when you move from dense melodies to sparse.
• Melisma is singing single syllables while moving between different notes.

For our discussion part of the lesson we showed songs that had modulations. That concluded the lesson.

References

1 Robyn Habel, “Melody Part 2: Minor Melodies, Melodic momentum, Melissma” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, September 9^th , 2019).

2 Robyn Habel, “Melody Part 2: Minor Melodies, Melodic momentum, Melissma” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, September 9^th , 2019).