Recognizing Melodies by Ear Quiz

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Recognizing Melodies by Ear

This text describes a process for recognizing melodies by ear
The process involves singing the lyrics, humming the melody, breaking the melody into smaller pieces, and identifying the notes in relation to the tonal center
The text then suggests a list of songs to analyze, categorized by the range of notes used and the key
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty, My Father's House by Bruce Springsteen, Are You All Right by Lucinda Williams, and Mary Had a Little Lamb are all songs that only use notes 1, 2, and 3
One Love by Bob Marley, Every Breath You Take (verse only) by The Police, One of Us (verse only) by Joan Osborne, and You're The One (chorus only) by The Vogues all use notes 1, 2, 3, and 4
The list goes on to include songs that use notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, as well as songs that go down to note 7 below 1
Songs like Amazing Grace, Auld Lang Syne, Taps, Star Wars Theme, La Marsellaise, Here Comes the Bride, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas are all melodies that start with notes 5-1
The text also includes melodies that stay in one octave, from note 1 to note 1
Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Isn’t She Lovely, Waltzing Matilda, Yankee Doodle, Here Comes the Sun, Baby Can I Hold You, Oh My Darling Clementine, Oh Danny Boy, Can’t Help Falling In Love, Let it Be, Hey Jude, With or Without You, I Say a Little Prayer for You, Wild Mountain Thyme, Moon River, Adeste Fideles, My Girl, and Titanic Theme are considered melodies with a wide range of notes.