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armygirl

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What are some of the tendencies in European music that achieve melodic emphasis?
 
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What is the relationship to each other between pitches, scales, and melody?
 
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Answer to Question 1


  • The first/last pitches in a phrase give emphasis by their position within the melody.

  • Making certain pitches in melodies longer or louder emphasizes them.

  • Putting pitches on strong beats of bars/measures also emphasizes them.



Answer to Question 2

Pitches are musical sounds created by something vibrating at a constant rate of cycles per secondsay some part of a musical instrument or the human vocal cords. Pitches are organized in various ways between octaves to produce many different scales upon which are based different musics throughout the world. The most commonly used




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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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