Elements of Music Review/Exam

What is Music?

• sounds

• organized sound

• disorganized sounds

• loud sounds

The tune, a combination of pitches in a rhythmic configuration

• dynamics

• harmony

• melody

• texture

Two or more pitches sounded simultaneously, supports the melody

• tone color

• tempo

• form

• harmony

The movement of music through time. Long and short durations of sound.

• Rhythm

• tonality

• texture

• dynamics

How fast or slow a piece is played.

• tempo

• dynamics

• melody

• harmony

The degree of loudness or softness in music

• Texture

• Form

• Dynamics

• Tone Color

The individual quality of sound of an instrument or voice

• Tempo

• Dynamics

• Texture

• Tone Color

What is a chord?

• three or more notes played simultaneously

• a series of notes played one after the other

• a part of a string instrument

• all of the above

One of the seven elements of music is...

• composer

• Timbre

• recording

• music

The progression of single tones...

• tempo

• form

• melody

• texture