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    This document introduces the elements of music, which are different components that can be used to describe music. It lists and defines the main musical elements, including dynamics, rhythm and meter, pitch and melody, harmony, tonality, instrumentation and timbre, texture, tempo, and musical form and structure. For each element, it provides brief explanations and examples of related musical terms and concepts.

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    This document introduces the elements of music, which are different components that can be used to describe music. It lists and defines the main musical elements, including dynamics, rhythm and meter, pitch and melody, harmony, tonality, instrumentation and timbre, texture, tempo, and musical form and structure. For each element, it provides brief explanations and examples of related musical terms and concepts.

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    Introduction to the Elements of

    Music
    What are they?
     All music can be described in relation to the elements of
    music, which are different _______________ of music.

     These include:
     Dynamics
     Rhythm/Metre
     Pitch/Melody/Harmony
     Instrumentation/Timbre
     Texture
     Tempo
     Structure/Form
    Dynamics
    Change in volume, musical expression,
    determining partly the mood of the piece.
    This indicates the loudness/softness of a
    piece of music, and the way to attack
    certain notes (ie. Accents)

    These are notated using abbreviations or


    symbols.
    Some Common Dynamic Markings
    ppp - pianissinissimo
    pp – pianissimo (softer than piano)
    p – piano (soft)
    mp – mezzo piano (stronger than piano, but still soft)
    mf – mezzo forte (medium strong)
    f – forte (strong/loud)
    ff – fortissimo (stronger than forte)
    ARTICULATIONS
    < - accent
    - - sustain (sustenuto)
    . = staccato (short note)
    Some Common Dynamic Markings

    < = Crescendo (cresc.) – getting louder


    >= decresceno (decresc.) – getting softer
    Sfz = surprise! – suddenly loud
    Rhythm/Metre
    Your definition: The arrangement of musical
    time. Music is arranged in beats grouped
    into measures. Meter is the grouping of
    strong and weak beats. Rhythm is the
    arrangement of note lengths in a piece of
    music.

    “Rhythm is shaped by metre”


    Pitch/Melody/Harmony/Tonality
    PITCH
    Music is produced through VIBRATIONS.
    The frequency of these vibrations produce
    sounds of varying lowness or highness.

    Slowly vibrations/bigger objects:


    Faster vibrations/smaller objects:
    Pitch/Melody/Harmony/Tonality
    MELODY

    This is the arrangement of series pitches in


    musical time. This can be considered the
    recognizable ‘tune’ of the piece.

    This is the HORIZONTAL aspect of music


    Pitch/Melody/Harmony/Tonality
    HARMONY

    This is a group of notes (chords) played together


    and the relationship between a series of chords.

    This usually supports the melody, played


    simultaneously or as broken chords, giving
    music it’s TEXTURE.

    This is the vertical aspect of music.


    Pitch/Melody/Harmony/Tonality
    TONALITY
    Also known as the key. A piece can be
    centered around a certain set of pitches
    (major and minor scales), where there is a
    sense of completion when the CHORDS
    return to the TONIC, from the DOMINANT
    (Key of C: returning from G to C)
    Instrumentation/Timbre
    What is producing the music. This
    describes what instruments [or voices] are
    heard. This will greatly affect the mood of
    the piece.

    Timbre is also known as TONE COLOR,


    which is the quality of sound that is used
    to distinguish between instruments
    Texture
    This describes the layers in music and how
    they relate to each other. This is also
    related to the VERTICAL aspect of music.

    THICK/THIN
    MONOPHONIC
    POLYPHONIC
    HOMOPHONIC
    Tempo
    How fast or slow music is played. This is usually
    marked using with symbols or italian terms

    Some Common Tempo Markings


    Largo
    Andante
    Allegro
    Allegretto
    Structure/Form
    This explains how music is organized into sections. The
    structure of the piece is an overall picture of how the
    piece progresses (in sections, using repetition, phrase
    structure etc).
    Some common musical forms:
    - Binary
    - Ternary
    - Rondo
    - Through-Composed
    - Strophic
    - Sonata Allegro
    - Theme and Variation
    END

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