Re: Melodies move by step in any form of music?

On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:17:39 GMT, Danny Schorr <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>When does an interval become a leap? 
>
>When a melody moves by an interval greater than a whole step.

This is not exactly correct. If we flat the 6th degree and raise the
seventh degree, we have an interval of a minor third, yet we are still
going by step and not by leap. Likewise, If we play an A minor pentatonic
scale, ACDEG, are we leaping from the A to the C, or from the E to the G?

We would be if we were playing a subset of the A minor scale, but it
doesn't seem to be the case for pentatonics.

 ( If one proposed a "rule" that all leaps be followed by a scale step in
the opposite direction, for the A pentatonic, one would be caught in an
infinite loop between A and C).

So I'm not exactly 100% certain in all cases when a step becomes a leap.

Danny