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A 6-note melody that starts with a 5-note melody would generally be perceived as the same melody. Shouldn't the 6-note melodies exclude all of the 5-note melodi
by rendall 4y ago
A 6-note melody that starts with a 5-note melody would generally be perceived as the same melody. Shouldn't the 6-note melodies exclude all of the 5-note melodies? Similarly with a 6-note melody that ends with a 5-note melody, so shouldn't the 6-note melodies exclude twice the number of 5-note melodies? And so on, for all of the melodies? At what point would a smaller-number-note melody existing within a larger melody not be perceived as part of that melody?
- Juliate 4y agoA sentence of 6 words that starts with 5 words that themselves form a valid sentence would NOT necessarily be perceived as the same phrase, because the last, 6th word may completely change the meaning of the 5 previous ones. A new word, as well as a new note, may transform the previous sentence/melody from a affirmation to a question, from a congratulation to a menace, etc. Moreover, the punctuation used may radically change the meaning of the sentence. And even more, the intonation and cadence in which you say this sentence, again, influence the meaning. A melody is not just a succession of discrete tones (at least the article acknowledges that with its ground rules at the start).
- rendall 4y agoYou make excellent points. Some 6th notes will transform a 5-note melody into an entirely different melody, while some 6th notes would be barely distinguishable from the 5-note melody.
- bckr 4y agoThis is a good next step in mapping musical space, yes.