Melodic pattern

<p>In <a href="/facts/Music/hDVP0xsQ">music</a> and <a href="/facts/Jazz_improvisation/9GfuHhfp">jazz improvisation</a>, a melodic pattern (or motive) is a cell or germ serving as the basis for <a href="/facts/Repetition_(music)/TpSkfwn9">repetitive</a> <a href="/facts/Pattern/mzD7uLQa">pattern</a>. It is a figure that can be used with any <a href="/facts/Scale_(music)/QjMlvs3u">scale</a>. It is used primarily for <a href="/facts/Solo_(music)/6hoE0Yvz">solos</a> because, when practiced enough, it can be extremely useful when <a href="/facts/Musical_improvisation/TfefTzPP">improvising</a>. "Sequence" refers to the repetition of a part at a higher or lower pitch, and melodic sequence is differentiated from <a href="/facts/Sequence_(music)/zMkjP3Ng">harmonic sequence</a>. One example of melodic motive and sequence are the pitches of the first line, "Send her victorious," repeated, a step lower, in the second line, "Happy and glorious," from "<a href="/facts/God_Save_the_Queen/cXSTtsuI">God Save the Queen</a>".
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<p>"A melodic pattern is just what the name implies: a melody with some sort of fixed pattern to it." "The strong <a href="/facts/Subject_(music)/03XHl2C1">theme</a> or <a href="/facts/Motif_(music)/Bag88j9V">motive</a> is stated. It is repeated more or less exactly, but at a different pitch level."
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Melodic pattern