A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Pitch & melody
1. Pitch & Melody
Pitch: the quality of a sound governed by the rate
of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness
or lowness of a tone
Melody: a coherent sequence of pitches
2. Why Pitch & Melody Are
Important
Pitch is important because it explains to us
how different notes are created and labeled
Pitch is also important when it comes to
learning the physical science behind
sounds, notes, harmony, and melodies
Melody is important because it brings most
of the tunefulness to a song and is usually
the first thing that draws our attention to a
song
3. What You Will Learn
How to identify different pitches, dynamics,
melodic contours, and tunefulness
How notes, whole/half steps, tonic pitch,
octaves, and scales relate to each other
The difference between conjunct & disjunct
4. Pitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A43O79uVUKs&spfreload=10
Listen to the different steady vibrations being
emitted from the wine glasses, these are different
pitches. The wine glasses with the same note but
different frequencies are octaves.
The frequency concerns how fast the waves
move. We separate notes and label them by their
specific frequencies
An octave is two notes, one having twice or half
the frequency of vibration of the other.
5. Dynamics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faq7pvzTnmk
Dynamics: how soft or loud the music is.
Watch the video to learn and understand
the terms of dynamics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAGGZNfUkU
Listen to the dynamics of Time by Hans Zimmer.
Notice how the dynamics crescendo from
pianissimo to fortissimo then back down to
pianissimo throughout the song
7. Melodic Contour
Melodic Contour: the quality of movement of
a melody, including nearness or farness of
successive pitches or notes in a melody
8. Conjunct Vs. Disjunct
A conjunct melody is one where the notes
are generally together; a disjunct melody
features angular leaps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FSv1zg7z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q24wiNWmhFc
The first video is a conjunct melody
The second video has a disjunct melody.
Ignore the beat and just listen to the meoldy.
9. Tunefulness
To say that a melody is tuneful means that it
is catchy and easy to repeat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
Listen to Blue by Eiffel 65 and you can see
how a catchy melody sticks in peoples
heads well after the song is done. Listen to
it once and you may find yourself singing
“Da Ba Dee Dabba” Da all day.