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What is ascending stepwise?
This may be described as conjunct or disjunct, stepwise, skipwise or no movement, respectively. See also contrapuntal motion. In a conjunct melodic motion, the melodic phrase moves in a stepwise fashion; that is the subsequent notes move up or down a semitone or tone, but no greater. ... Ascending: Upwards melodic movement.
What is ascending and stepwise movement?
Conjunct (Stepwise) When notes move by diatonic steps, we call this CONJUNCT MOTION or STEPWISE MOTION. In Western tonal music, this means movement by the interval of a major or minor second. We can further describe the direction of this motion as ascending or descending.
What is a stepwise movement?
Stepwise motion
If a melody moves between two neighboring notes, like G and A, or G and F# this is called a step. The notes can be a semitone (half step) or tone (whole step) apart, as long as they are next to each other.
