How to write a motive

1. How do you write a motive?
2. How many notes are in a motive?
3. How do you write a motive for a thesis?
4. What is a motive essay?

How do you write a motive?

How To Write A Good Melody: Motives

1. Repetition – At the original or a different pitch. ...
2. Sequence – Try playing your motive several more times starting at a different pitch each time but keeping the intervals the same.
3. Inversion – Start on the first note of your motive. ...
4. Retrograde – Play the motive backwards.

How many notes are in a motive?

Motive from Machaut's Mass, notable for its length of seven notes. Motive from Ravel's String Quartet, first movement.

How do you write a motive for a thesis?

SIMPLE. Do the following: To explain your motivation and why you chose this topic you should ideally be very personal and even write this section in the first person (other academics might disagree with me on this, but it's ok). And keep this section SHORT.

What is a motive essay?

“Motive” is an incongruity, puzzle, or surprise in the primary sources or data; and/or hole, limitation, or disagreement in the secondary literature that leaves space for the writer's new claim. ... With primary sources, a writer forms an argument after finding something surprising or promising about the data.