the process of listening to a melody and writing it down

the shape of a melody, including how it ascends and descends and where it is conjunct or disjunct

a melody (or part of a melody) that moves by small intervals (semitones or tones)

a melody (or part of a melody) that moves by intervals larger than a tone

How could you describe its shape using the words ascending and descending?

What is different about the melodic shape in this clip?

How would you describe this melody using the words conjunct and disjunct?

How is the melodic shape different in this melody?

How could we describe this melody?

Consider the shape of this melody

If the melody has disjunct intervals, we draw a steeper line

Listen to this melody

How could you represent the melodic shape of this melody with a line?

How about this contrasting melody?

Which of these lines best represents the shape of this melody? Example 1

Check - which of these lines best represents the shape of this melody? Example 2

Task A Q.1

Task A Q.2

Task A Q.3

Task A Q.4 A

Task A Q.4 B

Task A Q.4 C

How would you draw this melodic shape? Example 1

How would you draw this melodic shape? Example 2

Check - which shape best matches this melody?

Task B Q.1

Task B Q.2

Task B Q.3

Identifying melodic shape

Music

Identifying rhythms

More complex rhythmic dictation

Identifying intervals

Developing pitch dictation skills

Listening: dictation

Which two words accurately describe this melody?

What is the largest possible interval in a conjunct melody?

What is the smallest possible interval in a disjunct melody?

This melody has an ascending conjunct phrase, then a descending disjunct phrase.

This melody has a descending conjunct phrase, then an ascending disjunct phrase.

This melody has a descending disjunct phrase, then an ascending disjunct phrase.

This melody has an ascending conjunct phrase, then an ascending conjunct phrase.

This melody has a descending disjunct phrase, then a descending conjunct phrase.

Which sentence best describes this melody?

There is an ascending conjunct phrase then a repeated ascending disjunct phrase.

There is a descending disjunct phrase then a repeated ascending disjunct phrase.

There is a descending conjunct phrase then a repeated ascending disjunct phrase.

There is an ascending conjunct phrase then a repeated ascending conjunct phrase.

If drawing the melodic shape, the line will be __________ for disjunct movement.

If a melody moves by small steps, we call it {{}}.

If a melody moves by leap, we call it {{}}.

If a melody rises in pitch, we would say it is {{}}.

If a melody falls in pitch, we would say it is {{}}.

Tick two words that accurately describe this melody.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Identifying melodic shape

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.