Melody

Each category contains at least ten practice examples.

Short, Simple Melodies

These melodies contain fewer than eight measures. All are in either three-four or four-four time.

1. Stepwise, Major.
2. Stepwise, Minor.
3. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Major. Shortest rhythm: Quarter note
4. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Major. Shortest rhythm: Eighth-note pairs
5. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Minor. Shortest rhythm: Quarter note
6. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Minor. Shortest rhythm: Eighth-note pairs

Parallel-Period Melodies

These melodies are eight measures long, where mm. 1-2 are identical to mm. 5-6. Each melody is notated with a first/second ending structure, like this:

7. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Major. Rhythms include all values used so far plus dotted quarter-eighth.
8. Leaps in Tonic Triad, Minor. Rhythms include all values used so far plus dotted quarter-eighth.
9. Add leaps in the IV (iv) chord.
10. Add leaps in the V chord.
11. Any leaps.

Chromatic Melodies

Chromatic neighbor and passing tones
Leaps to chromatics with direct resolution
Leaps to chromatics with indirect/no resolution

Post-Tonal Scalar Melodies

Diatonic modes
Whole tone
Octatonic
Other

Post-Tonal Intervallic Melodies

20. Melodies with major seconds, minor seconds, and perfect fourths.
21. Add perfect fifths
22. Add minor third
23. Add major thirds
24. Add tritone
25. Add minor sixth
26. Add major sixth
27. Add minor seventh
28. All intervals