Melodic movement…
Steps, leaps, combination, etc.
Range…
Narrow or wide?
Diatonic scale system…
Major or minor
Register…
Low/high/medium
Melodic features…
Motif, ostinato, repetition, ornamentation, melisma, riff
Definite/indefinite pitch…
Tuned notes e.g. Piano / no notes e.g. Drums
Harmonic features…
Harmonic, ostinato, riff
Chord structure…
Simple or complex?
Modulation…
Higher/lower key
Harmonic rhythm…
Slow/fast progression
Harmonic accompaniment…
Does it have;
Block chords?
Broken chords?
Parallel?
Chromatic scale…
Every note on the scale is played/heard
Microtonal…
Out of pitch sound
Melodic contour..
Descending? ascending? wave? stagnant? angular? arch?