Elements of Music

Beat and Pulse are concepts that belong to which over arching element?

• Pitch

• Expressive Devices

• Duration

• Structure

repetition, variety, contrast, development and unification are derived from this element.

• Pitch

• Expressive Devices

• Duration

• Structure

The fundamental parameters, aspects or characteristics of music; basic elements of music are identified as

• duration, expressive devices, retrograde inversion, structure, texture and timber

• composition, analysis, performance, recording, and listening

• duration, expressive devices, pitch, structure, texture and timbre

• rhythm, harmony, form, key.

You can influence the mood and character of music through:

• duration

• pitch

• structure

• texture

• expressive devices

Repetition, variety, contrast, development; treatment of thematic material; Multi movment and contemporary structures could all be considered:

• Texture

• Timbre

• Pitch

• Structure

• Expressive Devices

Density of sound is best described as this element.

• timbre

• structure

• texture

• pitch

Pitch can be divided into three different areas such as:

• melody, harmony, tonality

• melody, structure, duration

• harmony, timbre, melody

• dynamics, contrast, instrumental and vocal technique

Melody could be described as

• theme, horizontal arrangement of sound, motif, range and registyer

• structure, duration and texture

• the vertical arrangment of sounds

• ways of influencing the mood and character of music.

Tonality or the organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships could include these concepts.

• consonance and dissonance, chord progressions counter melodies and cadence.

• melodic patterns, melodic shape and contour, motif, intonation and or range and register.

• keys and modes, scale forms and or modulation

• monophony, homophony, polyphony

Consonance and dissonance, chord progressions counter melodies and cadence are all concepts belonging to.

• tonality

• melody

• harmony

• timbre