| 1. | The text determines the accent while the melodic contour determines the phrasing.
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| 2. | Fifths and octaves anchor the strongly etched melodic contours and active harmonic rhythms.
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| 3. | The main melodic contour is his own; the harmony is still his idiosyncratic construction.
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| 4. | Improvisation is within a framework of repetition and the melodic contour of the mo�as.
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| 5. | The second theme, feminine and oriental in melodic contour, belongs to the queen, Gul Nazar.
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| 6. | Melodic contour may also be considered to be an important aspect of vocal " tessitura ".
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| 7. | The melodic contours of Te Deum are thus strictly tied to the rhythms of the text.
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| 8. | Blackwood's initial compositions were not particularly unconventional although in them he employed polyrhythm and wide melodic contours.
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| 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.
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| 10. | His melodic contours often describe arches.
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