Conjunct
What Conjunct means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A synonym for ‘stepwise’, describing motion that moves by adjacent notes of a scale, one degree at a time.
Also called stepwise motion, this moves by adjacent notes of the scale, such as C–D–E or G–F–E.
Topics that use Conjunct
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Organisation of pitch (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- 12-bar blues
- Aural identification
- Bass line
- Broken chord
- Chord sequences
- Decoration versus structural change
- Disjunct
- Elaboration of existing melodic material
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