Melody & Pitch
📋 What it is
Pitch is how high or low a note is; a melody is a singable line of pitches — the tune.
🗣️ Coach says
PITCH means how high or low a sound is. A MELODY strings pitches into a line you can sing — the tune. Melodies rise, fall, or leap, and that SHAPE is what your ear remembers. Sing a tune and you're tracing its melody with your voice.
🧠 Memory hook
Pitch = high/low. Melody = a singable line of pitches (the tune). Its shape is what you remember.
😂 Giggle
What did one grid cell say to another?
"You complete my chord!"
😲 Whoa!
Humans can recognise a melody even when every note is moved higher or lower together — it's the SHAPE we remember, not the exact notes.
✅ Quick check: What makes a melody memorable?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Its shape — the pattern of ups, downs and leaps in the pitches, which the ear remembers.
A melody's contour (its up/down shape) is the feature we recall, more than the exact pitches.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Hum a tune and notice: does it climb, fall, or leap around? That's its melodic shape.