Melody and Harmony

• Relative Major and Minor;

  1. C major - A minor
  2. G major - E minor
  3. F major - D minor
• Melodic minor is the 7th note of a minor scale sharpened on the way up and flattened on the way down
• A Harmonic Minor Scale is the same on the way up as it is on the way down. The 7th note is sharpened both times
• An obligato is a prominent solo instrument in a piece of vocal music
• The different types of ornament are;

  • trill
  • acciacatura
  • mordent
  • turn
  • appogiatura
• A turn is the main note, the note above, the main note, the note below, the main note
• An appogiatura is an ornament that sounds like its leaning. It takes half the value of the note which follows it