Day: February 4, 2012

  • (musTh 212) Melody and Voice Leading

    Given the wide range and variety of post-tonal music, one cannot find any unified set of characteristics that define post-tonal melodies. Still, we can outline some usual, if sometimes contradictory characteristics: more disjunct than tonal melodies (less lyrical, less vocal, less flowing, more angular, more fragmented) wider pitch range unconventional rhythms (less regular than tonal…