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About that original question on the F... it was a very simple question, but it might tie into our next lesson. I do want to add to your list that that F is also accented in the example by duration. Remember that a long note is not necessarily placed on a strong beat.
Your first melody is perfect! Well, it might not win any awards but it is exactly what I wanted. I can tell you are carefully considering each individual note and all the intervals they form; after all it did take an hour to write. That may seem like a bad thing, but consider this: a simple melody like this is still a challenge for you (and me too, quite honestly). Now take that melody and multiply it by fifty in writing a small polyphonic composition like that invention you wrote a while ago. Clearly if you intend to write a long and complex composition, you will not feel in total control of the music; if even melody requires creative effort certainly the counterpoint and harmony will suffer. So facing the challenges of melody alerts you to the immensity of the task ahead, but also offers a solution. You know that once you can not only write nice melodies at reasonable speed but also combine them with accompaniment or in counterpoint, your music will be that much better.
This is melody at its "purest," but in other contexts different melodic styles emerge. The sort of melodies that work well in counterpoint present their own challenges which we will consider soon. But you really must finish these simple melodies; I think you see how beneficial they will be. So don't be discouraged if they take a long time; it is time very well spent!
And I like how the sarabande turned out. Your augmented sixth works well; most importantly, however, the whole piece has a neat dark character and flows nicely.
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