Simple melodic lines in music can be formed using stepping tones where notes move up or down the staff in consecutive lines and spaces, skipping tones where notes skip lines and spaces on the staff, or repeated tones where a note is repeated several times in a straight line. These tonal patterns are the basic building blocks used to construct distinctive melodic sequences on the musical staff.

1. MUSIC
Simple Melodic Lines

2.  Lines are used to
make a staff.
 Notes that are written on
the staff to form a
distinctive sequence or
patterns are called melodic
patterns.

3. 1. Stepping Tones-Notes
may move up or down like on
a ladder the notes move in
every line and space of the
staff.

4. Stepping Tones

5. 2. Skipping Tones – Notes
skips like a grasshopper
they also move in every line
and space of the staff.

6. Skipping Tones

7. 3. Repeated Tones – Notes
may move in a straight line or
may be repeated in several
times.

8. Repeated Tones