Melody Research, Analysis, and Recording Project

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Summary

In a small paragraph, write WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. Your audience is someone who is not in the class. So, be specific.
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Place a screenshot of your 8 measure melody from hookpad.hooktheory.com
Link to a .mp3 file of your first HookTheory melody that you exported from hookpad.hooktheory.com
Write a brief reflection about this melody. What do you like about it?
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The terms and definitions below are from the Basic Concepts of Music Theory podcast by Jamie Henke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Her Basic Concepts of Music Theory video on YouTube

Theme: A long, flowing melodic idea.
Motive: A short, rhythmic idea (Beethoven’s 5th).
Period: 8-12 measures or a musical sentence.
Phrase: Usually 4 measures.
Antecedent (Question) Phrase: First 4 measures of a period.
Consequent (Answer) Phrase: Second 4 measures of a period.
Scale Degrees (C Major Scale)
- Tonic: C (1 , 8) – Stability and resolve.
- Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant: D, E, A (2 , 3 , 6) – Moderate tension, useful for transitions and carrying on an idea.
- Subdominant, Dominant, Leading Tone: F, G, B (4 , 5 , 7) – Causes the most tension, leads to the tonic.
Steps: Any movement using half or whole steps.
Leaps: Any movement using intervals larger than a whole step.
Conjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of steps.
Disjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of leaps.
Repetition: Repeated material (i.e. motive) used to create a link between two phrases of the period.
Contrast: Two phrases that contain contrasting material to create tension and interest.
Variation: Halfway between contrast and repetition. The two phrases include some recognizable material and some varied material (i.e. taking ideas up an octave).

Find one of your favorite melodies at Hook Theory Tab Index of Songs
Embed a clean version of this song from YouTube
In writing, describe why you like this melody, and identify the musical key, tonic note, and tension notes
What do you notice about the note structure/pattern of the theme of the melody?
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Place a screenshot of the melody notes on HookTheory
Link to a .mp3 file of your second melody from HookTheory
Write a brief reflection about this melody. What do you like about it?
- Where did you raise tension or suspense in the melody?
- Where did you resolve tension in the melody?
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Write what you LEARNED from the research, analysis, and melody creation parts of this project
Explain how you SOLVED AT LEAST ONE PROBLEM
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