"It's kind of cool... I must say."
For example, what you may call a hook in a song, is technically called a sequence. Like Mr. Grimly, pictured above, you may also consider it a "catch phrase". It's familiar. It makes us love or hate the song... Much in the same way you may love or hate Ed here. Either way, it makes the piece memorable.
There are several different types of Melodic Devices:
- Motivic - (meaning a motif or pattern)
- Motivic repetition - repeats the rhythm of a set amount of notes (2 measures, 4 measures, etc...) Not necessary bumped up together.
- Phrase repetition - repeats the exact notes and rhythm for the notes, however the structure surrounding (ex: the chords) may change.
- Diatonic Sequence - plays motif on different pitches within the key
- Exact Sequence - perfectly spaced notes within a motif, but not dependent on the key of the piece (whole step up, half step down, half down, whole up - repeat starting on different pitch)
- Transformation - Alter intervals or rhythm of motif to prevent overuse of an idea
- You can change the pitches and keep the rhythm or change the rhythm and keep the pitches.
- Embellishment - a simple motif that pops in and out of a piece. It usually is like a nuance to the piece.
Where did I get this info? Well, I went back to Ted Pease's book to see if I judged it too harshly and I did. It has a lot of exercises in it that help practice the concepts taught. It's kind of a workbook/textbook. That's very helpful. So, sorry Mr. Pease for judging your work to quickly. It's actually a great piece of work.
That's how we roll here. One moment we're racking up the knowledge, the next we're eating crow.
But, we don't let these little setbacks stop us! We plod ahead, bumps and bruises all along the way.
Never give up! Never surrender!