1. The text determines the accent while the melodic contour determines the phrasing. 2. Fifths and octaves anchor the strongly etched melodic contours and active harmonic rhythms. 3. The main melodic contour is his own; the harmony is still his idiosyncratic construction. 4. Improvisation is within a framework of repetition and the melodic contour of the mo�as. 5. The second theme, feminine and oriental in melodic contour , belongs to the queen, Gul Nazar. 6. Melodic contour may also be considered to be an important aspect of vocal " tessitura ".7. The melodic contours of Te Deum are thus strictly tied to the rhythms of the text. 8. Blackwood's initial compositions were not particularly unconventional although in them he employed polyrhythm and wide melodic contours . 9. While he never picked up be-bop's briskly swinging rhythms, he used be-bop's capricious melodic contours within middle-of-the-road pop. 10. His melodic contours often describe arches.
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