Element+-+Melody

**List all the components of melody you can think of ( things you need to cover when describing any melody)**
 * Melody**

Lena and Tatjana

contour - arch like, ascending, descending, winding range - large, medium, small register - high, low, altissimo, chalumeau tonality- major, minor (melodic, harmonic), modal, non-western scale, eastern scale, gypsy scale intervallic structure - disjunct, conjuct, leaping, chromatic, scalic, arpeggiated phrasing - short, unpredictable, balanced, unbalanced, even, long rhythm of the melody- simple rhythms, sustained, repetitive, short/long note values, varying note values, complex rhythms, dotted rhythms, syncopated (ties, pushbeats) tone colour of melody - which instrument plays the melody? bright, subdued, harsh, warm, cold, metallic, eerie, dry, brassy, round, dark, noble, piercing, resonant, cutting, penetrating, reedy character - light, playful, sombre, melancholic, ominous, foreboding, dance-like, funerary, fanfare-like, mysterious, flowing repetitive/ constantly changing / builds and develops ideas through variation Clear, organised structure / improvisatory, spontaneous sounding