Melody
What the tune itself does, as a line rather than as a chord: where it leans, what it answers and what it borrows.
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All Values(7)
| # | Value | Songs | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call and response Lyrical pattern where a line is answered by a contrasting line - often between lead and backing vocals | 50 | 34.0% |
| 2 | Appoggiatura A dissonant non-chord tone on a strong beat that resolves by step to a chord tone. | 41 | 27.9% |
| 3 | Blue note A flattened third, fifth or seventh sounded against a major harmony, giving a bluesy colour to a song that is not a blues. | 18 | 12.2% |
| 4 | Ostinato A short musical phrase repeated persistently throughout a section. | 18 | 12.2% |
| 5 | Countermelody A second instrumental melodic line played against the main, usually vocal, melody. | 8 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Musical quotation A passage that directly quotes another piece of music. | 6 | 4.1% |
| 7 | Hemiola A rhythmic effect superimposing two beats in the space of three (or vice versa). | 6 | 4.1% |