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melody, no rhythm

A melody is a sequence of scale steps
  • most melodies
    • contain mostly stepwise motion
      • e.g., 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 (pause) 2 3 4 5 4 3 2
For example, here's Mary Had A Little Lamb: 
3  2  1   2  3 3     3
Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb

2   2    2
li-ttle lamb

3   5    5
li-ttle lamb

3  2  1   2  3 3     3     3
Ma-ry had a li-ttle lamb, its

2    2    3   2   1
fleece was white as snow