I know that harmonic analysis can be done like this:
i iv V i
Is there a similar standard for melodic analysis? Is melodic analysis a thing?
Thanks, Nathan.
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Sign up to join this communityI know that harmonic analysis can be done like this:
i iv V i
Is there a similar standard for melodic analysis? Is melodic analysis a thing?
Thanks, Nathan.
Yes. There is a whole discipline for it: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/krr2/mel_anal.html
One looks a range, key, ornaments, type of tone connections, essential and non-essential tones, rhythm, harmonic implications, etc.