Melodiae describi possunt ab eorum motione melodica, vel frequentiis aut intervallis inter frequentias (plerumque coniunctas aut disiunctas, vel cum angustiis additis), vel distantia sonorum, vel tensione et liberatione, vel continuatione et cohaerentia, vel cadentia, vel forma.
Melodies may also be described by their melodic motion or the pitches or the intervals between pitches (predominantly conjunct or disjunct or with further restrictions), pitch range, tension and release, continuity and coherence, cadence, and shape.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix