Contextual Listening 1.1
In this CL exercise you will:
• Identify the melodic contour and organization of a children's song
Map a stepwise melodic line to notes, solfège syllables, scale-degree numbers, and
letter names
• Analyze melodic patterns to transpose the melody
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Listen to part of a children's song, and complete the following exercises. The excerpt
consists of two segments, each one five pitches long.
Listening Strategies
. Memorize what you hear as quickly as possible. Perform it in your imagination as
many times as you like, and at any tempo, in order to comprehend what you heard.
. Focus on only one musical element at a time, such as contour or pitch.
1. Pitches 1-2 create which contour?
(a)
(b)
2. Pitches 3-5 create which contour?
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3. Segment 1 (pitches 1-5) creates which contour?
(a)
(d)
4. Segment 2 (pitches 6-10) creates which contour?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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