Elements of Music

Elements of Music

8th Music

Poll

What is a genre?

• A type of music

• An appetizer

• A style of vocals

• A part of a song

How many can you list in 3 minutes?

What defines a genre?

​Music in any particular genre tends to share certain characteristics

• Instrumentation

• Vocal Style

• Mood

• ​Tempo/Dynamics

• ​Texture

• Form/Repetition

• Complexity

• Melody

• Harmony

• Rhythm

Melody- The main idea

​How we describe it:

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• High

• Low

• Ascending (moving up)

• Descending (moving down)​

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• Conjunct (notes close together)

• Disjunct (notes far apart)​

Out of the Woods- TSwift

Multiple Choice

Listen to Taylor's voice. Do the notes move ASCEND, DESCEND, or REPEAT?

• Ascend

• Descend

• Repeat

Multiple Choice

How about this one.... What SHAPE is the melody?

• Ascending

• Descending

• Repeating

Multiple Choice

How about this one??? Describe the melody

• Ascending

• Descending

• Repeating

Disjunct melodies use notes that are far apart​

Conjunct melodies use notes that are close to each other​

Conjunct vs Disjunct

Multiple Choice

Describe the melody from Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus

• Conjunct (notes close together)

• Disjunct (notes far apart)

Harmony

​Supports the melody

Typically an instrument that can play CHORDS, or 3+ notes at a time

Multiple Select

Which of the following instruments can typically provide a HARMONY?

• Piano/Keyboard

• Guitar/Bass

• one singer alone

Open Ended

Listen to this one... what instrument provides HARMONY, or support to the melody?

Strong and weak beats help the listener divide the beats into groups of 2 or groups of 3​

Rhythm: controls strong and weak beats

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Do the beats in this song feel like they are in groups of 2 or 3?

• 2

• 3

Watch carefully. Which member of PTX is singing the:

• melody

• harmony

• rhythm

Other ways we describe music

• ​Tempo (fast/slow)

• Dynamics (loud/soft)​

• Vocal style (classical/rapping/accents etc)​