QCAA General Music

Elements of Music: Pitch

Groups:

(a) Melody

,

(b) Harmony

,

(c) Tonality

• Shape

• Functional Harmony

• Cadence

• Consonance

• Countermelody

• Chord progression

• Dissonance

• Register

• Contour

• Modulation

• Patterns

• Range

• Key

• Scale

• Mode

What element?

The form and design of music

What element?

Sounds and silences in music

What element?

Ways of influencing mood and character

What element?

Horizontal arrangement of sound

What element?

Vertical arrangement of sound

What element?

Tonal relationships

What element?

Density of sound

What element?

Quality of sound sources or tone colour

Move the concept to the element

Groups:

(a) Timbre

,

(b) Texture

,

(c) Expressive Devices

,

(d) Duration

• pulse

• articulation

• contrast

• dynamics

• homophonic

• register

• rhythm

• polyphonic

• techniques

• sequencing and layering

• beat

• monophonic

• manipulation of sound quality

• syncopation

• instrumentation

• tempo