Sequence (music)
![Sequence ascending by step Play . Note that there are only four segments, continuingly higher, and that the segments continue by similar distance (seconds: C-D, D-E, etc.).Real, rather than tonal, sequence. Play](/Images/godic/202502/06/Sequence_ascending_from_C_tonal0213.png")
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![A descending fifths sequence in C major. Notice the](/Images/godic/202502/06/Descendingfifths0213.PNG")
![An ascending fifths sequence in C major. Notice the](/Images/godic/202502/06/Ascendingfifths0213.PNG")
In music, a sequence is the restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic) passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice. It is one of the most common and simple methods of elaborating a melody in eighteenth and nineteenth century classical music (Classical period and Romantic music). Characteristics of sequences: