8.32Melody note can join the accompaniment pattern

Suppose melody note is G over C.

Instead of:

LH accompaniment

then separate RH melody,

you can make G the top of the arpeggio:

C-E-G

and hold G slightly longer.

The listener perceives G as melody because it is:

• higher
• louder
• longer

This is how solo-piano textures often merge accompaniment and melody.