Introduction to music

Introduction to Music

What is music, the elements of music, music performance and composing

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

Music Definition

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Multiple Choice

Which one of these is the definition of music

• an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms.

• an art of picture in space that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms.

• an art of idea in sentences that expresses feelings and emotions in significant forms.

1. ​Timbre [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJLAcDb_MU&t=1s]

2. Pitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkOJQmaFGNw

3. Texture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teh22szdnRQ

4. Tempo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYgBHpUfQnw

5. Duration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwB9Rjycw4A

6. Form/Structure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXifpcE7ewU

7. Dynamics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcaP94N8KM

7 Elements of Music

Composing Melody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEIk3bJtTNw​

Composing tips

1. Use the 3 types of pitch ranges​ (Step, Skip, Leap)

2. The movement of your melody should be predictable (not random)

3. In order to be easily predicted, use repetition. Example:

   Do re me do - Do re me do​

   Me fa soh - Me fa soh

   Soh la soh fa me do - soh la soh fa me do​

   Do soh do - do soh do​

Example

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/5149949096624128​

Let us create our own melody

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/​