... Also what may make one person express their emotions may leave another totally unmoved).Melody itself has many characteristics and is built up with a number of different things. A melody is characterised by a number of elements, namely: * shape / contour (the rise and fall of the notes) * range of notes used (difference between the highest and lowest notes) * intervals used (does the melody move mostly by step, leap, or a combination of both) * structure and phrasing (this may involve repetition and/or variation of distinctive note-patterns, sequences, cadences, answering-phrases, climax of the melody) * the type of scale on which the notes are based Contour Contour or shape is the rise and fall of the notes, the way in which-now upwards now downwards-they curve along in musical space and time. Some pieces of music have steep contours and others flatter ones. For example the first part of Greensleeves has ...

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