The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110900 Message #2334437
Posted By: M.Ted
06-May-08 - 07:14 PM
Thread Name: Chords in Folk?
Subject: RE: Chords in Folk?
WAV--when you play the top line of anything written out in four parts, you playing a part that was written to fit in with the other three lines--
A rule of thumb may dictate that the "top line" is the melody, but it is the melody as conceived by the arranger--even if it is a "folk" melody, it has been regularized to conform to the conventions of standard music theory--meaning that phrase length, note duration, and scale conform to classical rules, that classical cadences, endings, and ornaments are used, and that melody notes may be altered to facilitate classical chordal movements.