Elements of Music

When someone is singing up a scale, what element is being manipulated?

• Dynamics

• Pitch

• Tonality

• Harmony

Answer explanation

Notes are determined pitches. When the notes are changing up a scale, pitch is changing.

The Conductor:

"You're playing too loud.

You need to pay attention to the ."

Fill in the blank.

(a)  

Timbre is graphed be waveform. Explain in detail what a wave form is.

Who lives in the feel of Tempo?

• Mr. Pulse

• Mrs. Timbre

• Mr. Texture

• Mrs. Timing

How is timbre related to pitch?

What makes the music sound sad and melancholy even if the words are nice?

(a)  

An orchestra starts out with one trumpet playing the melody. Then two other trumpets join in. A bassoon begins to play a different melody and four french horns join in. What has changed?

• Tempo and Dynamics

• Dynamics and Texture

• Harmony and Texture

• Dynamics and Tempo

The orchestra plays a happy melody in A major. Then next section comes in, the orchestra plays the same thing in Bb major for half the time and returns to A major.

What has changed?

• Structure and Harmony

• Pitch

  and Harmony

• Tempo and Dynamics

• Pitch

  and Structure

What element of music lets you know which of your closest family members is speaking?

(a)  

Name 3 elements of this song that were changed in the acoustic version and have one sentence of explanation for each.

Studio version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXXq4RBKhtc

Acoustic version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYZ8IqvXNpM

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