lesson 6

1. Lesson 6: Melodic
Pattern and Contour
Have you ever tried playing piko?This is one of the famous traditional
games in the country. It is called hopscotch in some countries.
In this game, players take turns tossing their marker or pamato inside
one of the shape, not on their outline.
Skipping and stepping up and down are also movements in music.

2. Do you know how the notes move on the staff?They move in different directions.
They move up and down the staff by steps or by skips. An upward or downward
direction of the movements of groups of tones or sounds is called melodic
contour.
Study below how the notes rise and fall by steps and by skips on the staff.
1. Notes rising by steps. Notes follow each other by line, space, line, and so on in
succession.
Example: Let earth receive her King

3. 2. Notes falling by steps. Notes go down in succession by space, line and space.
Example: Joy to the world, the Lord has come
3. Notes rising by skips. Notes may jump or move up the staff.
Example: Enero, Pebrero

4. 4. Notes falling by skips. Notes may jump or move down the staff.
Example: Sleep in heavenly peace (last line)

5. Musical Lines
Try singing your favorite song.What do you notice? Are there
melodies that are the same or almost the same? For sure, the song
has portion whose melody is different from the rest. Do you like that
portion?
A musical piece is composed of different musical lines that
are written in specific way.These musical lines help shape the form of
a song.

6. Every musical piece has several musical lines. A musical line is a group of notes that
makes a musical sentence. A curved line ( ) is the symbol used to show a
musical line. It looks like a rainbow.
Musical lines may be the same, and different. Same musical lines are exactly the
same in pitch, rhythm, and length. Similar musical lines are almost alike in pitch,
rhythm, and length, but with a little variation. Different musical lines have no
similarity to the other musical lines in pitch, rhythm, and length.These musical lines
are in contrast to the rest of the musical lines.