baroque and classical melody PATTERNS!

baroque and classical melody PATTERNS!

1. melodic inversion

   • turning the tune upside down
   • the same intervals are kept but they go in the opposite direction

2. imitation

   • repeat a phrase with slight changes
   • one instrument or voice imitates another and then overlaps.
   • changes:
     • imitation with modulation
     • overlap starts in relative minor
     • one octive higher

3. retrograde

   • playing the tune backwards
   • playing the notes in reverse order
   • if you switch the notes so they're in reverse order and inverted it becomes a retrograde inversion

4. sequencing

   • repeat a pattern, vary the pitch
   • keep the pattern start on a different note, higher or lower.
   • rising sequences go up in pitch
   • falling sequences go down

5. ostinato

   • keep one pattern the same, change the rest
   • one pattern is played over and over again. the rest of the piece changes around it.
   • it could be in the
     • bass line
     • melody
     • chord pattern