Definition:
A melody is a succession of tones logically conceived so to make musical sense.

Melodic Phrases
Cadences
Contour
sequence
theme / motive

Conjunct / Disjunct
Tuneful
Motive
Motivic Melody
Lyrical Melody
Scales


Half steps/Whole steps
Major/Minor
Tonic note
Chromatic/Diatonic
Whole tone scale
Pentatonic scale
Harmony (Chapter 4)
Consonance/Dissonance
Chords
triads, clusters
Tonality, Tonal System
Dominant, Subdominant


Texture

Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
	

Timbre

Families of the Orchestra:
Strings, Woodwinds,
Brass, Percussion.
Keyboards & MIDI