KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Most melodies are eight bars long and tend to be broken into two four-bar phrases. In this song, you can view the opening phrase as the question and the second phrase as the answer. This is a common technique among melodies and helps the listener hear a melody as complete.

Detailed explanation-2: -The period is generally eight measures long and contains two four-measure phrases. The first of these is called the antecedent phrase and the final four measures are the consequent phrase. In a period, the melody contains a basic idea (BI) that occurs at the beginning of the antecedent phrase.

Detailed explanation-3: -In common practice phrases are often four bars or measures long culminating in a more or less definite cadence. A phrase will end with a weaker or stronger cadence, depending on whether it is an antecedent phrase or a consequent phrase, the first or second half of a period.