‘Melodic Material’ is indeed what would be used in Italian too; it makes sense and that’s what the matter is about, nevertheless there may be an alternative term. I’ll be using many of them to indicate the sets of notes - ahead of a series of melodies to be sung (and from where the melodies are composed), on which to practice by improvising short motifs. ————
Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com > On 14 Dec 2018, at 11:46, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 12/14/2018 4:50 AM, Giovanni Andreani wrote: >> If possible, this question is for those fond of the theoretical aspect of >> music. Not merely related to Finale, although I thought that this list’s >> opinion could favour some remarkable responses. >> How would you define, in a generic way, a set of notes to be used for >> composing a melody? For example, how could C,D,E,G,A - forming a pentatonic >> scale - or C,D,E,F,G - forming a major pentachord - or A#,B,C - forming a >> cromatic trichord - be commonly defined ? I can’t find a satisfying >> definition: 'melodic structure’ implies aspects more related to the >> architechture of the composition, ‘series' implies a set of sounds to be >> taken in a particular order. “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman” is composed using >> the first six notes of a major scale, thus forming an hexachord, but how >> would it generally be defined? > > > Possibly "melodic material." But that gives no real idea about what's > included other than to indicate that the set of notes is what the melody is > built from. If that's what you're looking for, I guess it would work. > > To what use to you hope to put whatever you decide is the best suggestion? > > > -- > ***** > David H. Bailey > dhbaile...@comcast.net > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
