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What's an example of a conjunct and disjunct melody?
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8bit said:
That's the problem. I've listened to it about 30-40 times in the last two days. I've listened to it for hours at home, while going to sleep, while driving to school, while driving to work. I can't differentiate between the two because the change in notes don't seem so jumpy. It seems to have a natural, easy flow (like during the verses, chorus, piano bit, "church" bit).
The theremin is a melody? Makes sense. Damn I'm screwed. Big time.
Thanks for your help though.
Requirements for the paper:
1) Choose a song from 1950-1985. Write a 1200-1500 word paper (pretty easy) using the following guideline.
2) Discuss the song's style and cultural or social significance. Done
3) Suggest the song's melody in terms of its musical shape and quality. Kinda done.
4) Discuss the form of the song regarding verses, chorus, instrumentals, etc... Done.
5) Describe in detail what is going on in rhythm, melodic, and auxillary instruments, as well as vocals- their styles and influences in each section of the song. Not done, but know what to do.
#3's the only one that's giving me problems. Wrote about conjunct/passive melodies, and how the pitch changes in repetitions and whatnot. Now I'm thinking the opposite about them.
1) Choose a song from 1950-1985. Write a 1200-1500 word paper (pretty easy) using the following guideline.
2) Discuss the song's style and cultural or social significance. Done
3) Suggest the song's melody in terms of its musical shape and quality. Kinda done.
4) Discuss the form of the song regarding verses, chorus, instrumentals, etc... Done.
5) Describe in detail what is going on in rhythm, melodic, and auxillary instruments, as well as vocals- their styles and influences in each section of the song. Not done, but know what to do.
#3's the only one that's giving me problems. Wrote about conjunct/passive melodies, and how the pitch changes in repetitions and whatnot. Now I'm thinking the opposite about them.
warabi-mochi
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Well, I'll have to find a copy of the song and listen to it to analyze I guess.
Anyway, simple definitions would be that a conjunctive melody moves in steps of 2nds and 3rds, while a disjunctive melody is anything that moves in larger steps. 4ths, 5ths, etc. It's entirely possible of course that Good Vibrations doesn't have any disjunctive melodies. Pop music, especially from the 50's and 60's, tends to very much be conjunctive in nature. I can let you know for sure after I listen to the song though.
Anyway, simple definitions would be that a conjunctive melody moves in steps of 2nds and 3rds, while a disjunctive melody is anything that moves in larger steps. 4ths, 5ths, etc. It's entirely possible of course that Good Vibrations doesn't have any disjunctive melodies. Pop music, especially from the 50's and 60's, tends to very much be conjunctive in nature. I can let you know for sure after I listen to the song though.
Hmm.. only part of "Good Vibrations" that might qualify as disjunctive, then, is the bass-vocal riff "I'm picking up good vibrations / She's giving me excitations" since the "I'm picking up" part starts high and then jumps to a low note at "good vibrations." But I don't have my guitar with me so I don't know how many steps that is so I could be wrong.
Nathan
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A conjunctive melody relates to successive tones of the scale, moving step by step. A B C D E F G....
A disjunctive melody, is, well, as you guess, nonsuccessive tones of the scale, skipping around. C A# F D# B, etc etc etc.
A disjunctive melody, is, well, as you guess, nonsuccessive tones of the scale, skipping around. C A# F D# B, etc etc etc.
I have Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music, French and Political Science, so you can trust that I'm not messing with you.
Doth Togo said:
Thank you very much. I just got back from a long day at school/work, and I wrote the rest of paper during school. Now time to translate it to the good ol' Mac.
If anyone is still paying attention, the theremin plays a melody then? Or is it just the singing?
Anyway, thanks to Doth Togo, gblues, belmakor, and Ecrofirt (for bumping the topic). I was leaning towards the entire song being conjunctive, but my faith in myself is weak.
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