A motive or (motif) is a short rhythm or melody passage that is repeated in various parts of a composition.
Listen for the motive in this music video.
1. Is it a rhythmic or melodic motive?
2. Come up with some new words that you could sing during the motive.
Some more videos just for fun:
Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
Oh Heidi! I LOVE the Beethoven's Wig Series! At our Christmas Concert one of the kids played Beethoven's 5th and another kid wore a huge white wig we found at Party City to introduce the piece. It was a riot! Thanks for posting that first video. I'd never seen that one before. Adding it to my playlist right now.
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