Talk:Melody type

Rename: "Melodic type"
If it isn't too late, it would be better to rename this "melodic type", following the lead of Harry Power's classic article in the New Grove on Mode and Melodic Type.


 * It's not too late, it can be moved; however, I'm not sure that is the more common term. Google gives 10,800 hits for "melody type," including Britannica and a number of references for Middle Eastern, Indian, and Indonesian music (that seem unrelated to this. "Melodic type" gets only 800. I chose "melody type" for the article because that was the entry in the Harvard Dictionary of Music. How does the content compare with Harry Power's article (which I assume is far more detailed)? Rigadoun 15:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Weisen
The link to Weisen currently points to a disambiguation page, none of the entries seem to make sense as the desired topic. -- 21:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

An unclear sentence
At the opening paragraph the sentence "In non-improvised music, such as codified liturgical music, it is still usually clear how the developed from set patterns" is unclear. Should it say "... liturgical music, it is still usually clear the melody is developed from set patterns"? Udi Raz (talk) 11:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's missing the word "melody," which I just added. Rigadoun (talk) 20:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Listening Examples
A great learning tool for this entry would be links to recordings from different periods and cultures to give examples. Although I've been supporting Wikipedia for several years, now, I'm totally green as far as editing it, but if I can find time, I'll see if I can do this (or at least find out why such an obvious thing hasn't already been done). — Preceding unsigned comment added by CheshireCat5 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Melody type by Powers
call attention to the fact that the earlier edition is being cited; differentiate which of several "New Grove Dictionaries" is meant

This is true, this accent was set with intention. In the previous version of the WP article there was an impression as if ethnomusicologist Slobin has coined the meaning although Powers had made it before him in NGD 1980, and in the high-estimated and disseminated article (well, with 90 pages it is actually not an 'article' but rather a 'book' inside the dictionary). Btw, the "Mode" in 2001 edition of the NGD had nothing new from Powers, his article was extended by other authors (and with a lot of print errors). Olorulus (talk) 06:13, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * OK. Thank you for confirming intention.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 06:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I will add nevertheless the reference to NGD 2001 as soon as I get access to the print version of it (to refer to volume no. and page nos.). Thank you for your notice. Olorulus (talk) 07:24, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Ordinarily, page references are not used for dictionary and encyclopedia articles. Powers's article, however, is so long that an exception might be made, in order to facilitate locating citations to specific statements in it. The alternative would be to use section and subsection numbers, which would have the advantage of also applying to the online version.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 21:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Overall, this article seems to be written from a neutral point of view, however the information could be emphasized a bit more with the use of relevant pictures. Tlnicolas (talk) 18:35, 15 February 2021 (UTC)