one phrase · one pitch

One phrase, played as-is

This is a single short phrase — a six-note shape that rises and falls:

phrase:  1 3 5 8 5 3      # do mi sol do sol mi

Here it plays four times in a row, all at the same pitch. On its own it’s just a part: one musical idea, repeating. The raw material — the brick.

The point of a brick is what you build with it. Take this same phrase and lift it higher each time, and the one idea becomes a melody: hear it as a melody »