#Definition malody series#

Their curious nature is peaked as they try to figure out each of the elements.) I have tried to include a variety of maps below to give you some starter ideas for your own creativity.

(That is also the challenge for the children. Look at the maps below and sing the song with them, trying to figure out what the different things mean. Each of the shapes means something different, also, like length of the note, higher or lower pitch, or even a different word. Sometimes the colors will mean the highest or lowest note of the song. Klangfarbenmelodie (German for 'sound-color melody') is a musical technique that involves splitting a musical line or melody between several instruments, rather than assigning it to just one instrument (or set of instruments), thereby adding color ( timbre) and texture to the melodic line. The complexity of a song is observed in its texture. Melody is regarded as horizontal because its notes are read from left-to-right, while harmony is vertical because the notes are played simultaneously (and therefore must be written vertically in notation).

#Definition malody series#

Sometimes the colors will mean the length of a note (short or long). Melody is the main tune of a song the outcome of a series of notes. Sometimes the colors will mean a certain word. It's a wonderful way to add variety as we teach a child a song.īelow are several examples of different kinds of Melody Maps.

It is a way to help children map out visually where a song goes. It is a concrete representation of a song.