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AMEB 3.14 - Sequence

The document discusses sequences in music, which are passages of music that are repeated at a different pitch, usually a step or third higher or lower. It provides examples of sequences going down by a step and up by a third, and notes that sequences are useful for writing melodies and are commonly found in longer pieces of music.

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AMEB 3.14 - Sequence

The document discusses sequences in music, which are passages of music that are repeated at a different pitch, usually a step or third higher or lower. It provides examples of sequences going down by a step and up by a third, and notes that sequences are useful for writing melodies and are commonly found in longer pieces of music.

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GRADE 3 THEORY COURSE

LESSON 14
Sequence

Before looking at melody writing, we need to learn about sequence.

A sequence is a passage of music that is repeated but at a different pitch; usually a step or a third up or
down.

Here is a simple example of a sequence:

4
&4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
˙
In this example, the repeated pattern goes down by a step each time.

œœj œœ ™™
Here is another example. The sequence is marked with square brackets.
j
& bbbbb 668 Ϫ
œ™ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ™ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ™
& b8 œ œ™ œ œ™ œ™
Ϫ
5

bbbbb
& b œœ ™™ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œ ™ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ ™™
™
5
& œ œ œ œ j
j
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ
In this example, the repeated pattern goes up a third.

When writing sequences or recognising them, it’s important that the pattern is preserved – the intervals
have to all be the same. Check that they match.

It’s also possible to have smaller passages of sequence within the bar, like this:

bb4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ œ œœœ œ


& 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙

or this:

#### œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ ˙

As we will see, sequences can be useful when writing melodies and they are commonly found in longer
pieces of music. Perhaps you’ve played or heard some sequences in music that you know.
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