Schenker’s Concept of Schenker’s Concept of Melody II: Melody II:

Compound MelodyCompound Melody

Schubert Impromptu in B-flat Major, theme

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^2NN ^3NN ^3 ?? ^2 ^1^3 ^3

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Points to Remember:1. Compound Melody or Polyphonic Melody = single melody that suggests 2 independent lines (for Schenker found in nearly all music)

2. Melodies, esp. leaps, imply motion to /from inner voices.

3. Ascending leaps sometimes result from an inner voice being “flipped” into a higher register

4. Corollary to ƒ3: the structural melodic line does not always have to include the highest tone.

5. Archetype for antecedent/consequent phrases = incomplete descent from tone of tonic triad to ^2 followed by complete descent from same note to ^1

Beethoven Sonata, Op. 26, I, Theme