Y8 - Greek Music

Texture refers to....

• How loud the music is
• The speed of the music
• The different ways that instruments can be 
• How high or low the instruments are

Rhythm refers to...

• How the sounds and silences are organised in a piece of music (syncopated, straight, swung)
• The speed of the piece of music
• The melody of the piece of music
• How high or low the notes are

Articulation refers to...

• If the notes are short (staccato) or long (legato)
• Is the notes are loud or soft
• The pitch of the music
• The speed of the music

Expression refers to...

• The speed of the piece
• Whether notes are high or low
• The style of the individual performer or the emotion conveyed through the piece
• The instruments used in the piece

Devices refers to....

• The instruments that you are using (e.g Electric guitar)
• Techniques that performers and composers use to perform/create a piece (e.g.riff, sequence, inversion)
• The speed of the music
• How the music has been produced in the studio

Tempo refers to...

• The pitch of the music
• The speed or bpm of the music
• How loud the music is played
• Which country the music is from

Instruments refer to....

• The apparatus used by a musician (e.g. a flute)
• The pitch of a piece of music
• The texture of a piece of music
• The country that the music comes from

Pitch refers to...

• How loud a note is played
• Which instrument a note is played on
• How fast a piece is played
• How high or low a note is

Structure refers to...

• The Texture of the music (e.g. homophonic)
• The plan for the piece of music (AB, Rondo, Ternary , Verse -Chorus)
• The speed of the music
• The venue the music is performed in

Greek Music is often in which time signature

• 7/8
• 3/4
• 4/4
• 2/4