melody
Melody's
No, melody is a noun. The adverb form is melodically.
The plural of melody is melodies.
There is no verb formed from melody. However, melodic an melodious are two adjectives derived from melody, and melodiously is an adverb derived from melody.
Conjunct - it is within scalar movement.
"Ode to Joy" has a conjunct melody because all the notes move in steps without jumps. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" has both conjunct and disjunct melodies. The first part, where the lyrics say, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is disjunct because it jumps a fifth. The melody with the lyrics, "How I wonder what you are" is conjunct.
The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is called its "contour." It describes the direction of the pitches in the melody—whether they are rising, falling, or staying the same. Contour is an important aspect of melodic structure and can influence how a melody is perceived by the listener.
Melodies move up, down, or stay the same. They can move by step, skip, or leap in either direction.
Disjunct Melody: is a type of melodic motion. Disjunct motion proceeds by leap from one scale degree to the next by intervals larger than a second. Opposite of that, conjunct motion proceeds by step from one scale degree to the next by intervals of a second.
A conjunct is to a conjunction, what a summand is to a sum. Similarly for a disjunct.
Disjunct Melody: is a type of melodic motion. Disjunct motion proceeds by leap from one scale degree to the next by intervals larger than a second. Opposite of that, conjunct motion proceeds by step from one scale degree to the next by intervals of a second.
Simply put... yes. Otherwise you have a melody of just one note, or a never ending scale (in the most simplistic terms). All (good) melodies need some form of balance in the direction of the melody to keep it interesting and to keep it in the range of the instrument. [or am I over-analyzing this?]
-a cappella -relatively constant dynamics -most likely imitative polyphony with contrasting parts of homophony -consonant chords with mild dissonances at times -most likely conjunct melody
a word that joins two sentences
Stationary ascending descending conjunct disjunct
Conjunct