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- Melody is soul of music.
- some melodic principles are universal.
- notes you choose, pattern, and pitch are 3 simple ingredients of melody.
- every system in the world uses same 5 notes.
- pentatonic songs use only those 5 notes.
- Think of melodies as a ladder: rung=a note.
- singers like to use whole tones(whole step) more than semitones(half step) back in the day, they sounded like they were making it up.
- in middle ages, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th intervals were very popular.
- Aeolian mode sorrowful.
- Can sharpen or flatten variable rung.
- Diatonic: Dorian + Aeolian = minor scale. Ionian=major scale. Both used in orchestral and classical music.
- can use melodies like a theme in a movie.
- Jazz uses Dorian mode. NO AEOLIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!