Since you did not provide the excerpt, I am unable to analyze it and determine the melodic technique that best describes it. Please provide the excerpt, and I will be happy to help you identify the melodic technique.
As an AI text-based model, I am unable to listen to the excerpt you mentioned. Could you please provide a description or specific details about the melodic characteristics of the excerpt? Alternatively, if you can provide the choices of melodic techniques, I can try to help you determine which one best describes the excerpt based on your description.
