GCSE - Calypso

Texture refers to....

• How loud the music is
• The speed of the music
• Monophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic
• 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

Dynamics refer to...

• If the notes are low or high
• The instruments being used
• The texture of the piece
• If the notes are loud or soft

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