MELODIC DICTATION
Stepwise Melodies (page 1)
The following melodies are diatonic, stepwise melodies.
Directions:
For each exercise:
- Click the name of the exercise (e.g., Melody 1).
- Copy the information on the blank staff to a sheet of manuscript paper. You are given a blank staff with the clef, key signature, and number of measures provided.
- Listen to the example (as many times as you need).
- Notate the melody on the manuscript paper.
- Click “Check your answer” to see the correct version.
- Once done, click the name of the melody again to collapse it.
Good luck!
Note: The are many more melodies in the downloads than are presented here.
Melody 1
CAT-Mel-dict-1-1ma
Melody 2
CAT-Mel-dict-1-3ma
Melody 3
CAT-Mel-Dict-1-5ma
Melody 4
CAT-Mel-dict-1-7mi
Melody 5
CAT-Mel-dict-1-9mi
Melody 6
CAT-Mel-dict-1-11ma
Melody 7
CAT-Mel-dict-1-13mi
Melody 8
CAT-Mel-dict-1-15ma
Melody 9
CAT-Mel-dict-1-17mi
Melody 10
CAT-Mel-dict-1-19mi
Melody 11
CAT-Mel-dict-1-21ma
Melody 12
CAT-Mel-dict-1-23ma
Melody 13
CAT-Mel-Dict-1-25mi
Melody 14
CAT-Mel-dict-1-27mi
Melody 15
CAT-Mel-dict-1-29mi
Melody 16
CAT-Mel-dict-1-31mi
Melody 17
CAT-Mel-dict-1-33mi
Melody 18
CAT-Mel-dict-1-35ma
Melody 19
CAT-Mel-dict-1-37ma
Melody 20
CAT-Mel-dict-1-39ma
For more stepwise melodies to practice, click here.
DOWNLOAD MELODIES
Stepwise Melodies (Nos. 1-30) pictures
Stepwise melodies (Nos. 1-30) audio