Abstract
Classical music is governed by rules that manage the relation between notes and the dynamic element that states its tempo and rhythm. Musical analysis represents the process of understanding the composer’s aims when creating a work and can be used as an intermediary depiction of it for purposes like expressive performance or music comparison. Melody is one of the most elementary features of music, consisting in a series of notes stringed together. The melodic line of a musical work is a sequence of sounds that structure a melody. Melodic analysis regards the stylistic features of a musical phrase.
Highlights
Classical music is governed by rules that manage the relation between notes and the dynamic element that states its tempo and rhythm
The melodic line of a musical work is a sequence of sounds that structure a melody
Melodic analysis regards the stylistic features of a musical phrase
Summary
Melody seems an arbitrary string of notes and rhythmic values; recent psychological studies have shown that the mind is constantly and involuntarily trying to make sense of the sensory data that it receives from our ears and eyes, by making connections, or relationships, between the incoming data and information that is already stored in memory. The mind tends to favour the easiest connections, which are usually the shortest routes. The ear and mind tend to form melodic lines from notes that are close together in pitch. Leaping notes are more difficult to connect melodically, the larger and more frequent the leaps, the more difficult or unintelligible a melody becomes
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