WorksheetsElements of Music
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
Timbre is best described as
characteristic quality of sound sources, or tone colour
the form and design of music
melody, harmony and tonality
the density of sound
Instrumentation, instrumental and vocal techniques and devices, manipulation of sound quality and register fall under the umbrella of
harmony
texture
timbre
structure
timber
Track layering and sequencing along with voicing are all concepts belonging to which element.
structure
pitch
texture
expressive devices
accent and syncopation belong to this element
pitch
structure
texture
timbre
duration
which of these answers is fully correct when referring to the element of rhythm
lyrics, meter, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm
beat and pulse, range and register, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm
beat and pulse, meter, accent and dynamics,tempo and rhythm
beat and pulse, meter, harmony and syncopation,tempo and rhythm
beat and pulse, meter, accent and syncopation,tempo and rhythm
List all the concepts that apply to the element of pitch.
melodic pattern, motif
consonance and dissonance
meter
scale forms
dynamics
Melody is one of the three sub categories of the pitch element.
list the concepts that apply to melody.
melodic pattern; melodic shape and contour
consonance and disonance
intonaton, range and register
motif
modulation
name the three sub categories of pitch:
example: word, word and word.
(a)
Harmony is described as the vertical arrangment of sounds (describes the ways in which combinations of sounds progress throughout a piece of music). Which of these concepts refers to harmony only.
Consonance and dissonance, chord progressions and melodic pattern.
chord progressions, countermelodies and cadence.
melodic patterns, intonation and range and register consonance.
keys and modes, consonance and dissonance, motif
repetition, variety, contrast, development and unification are all concepts belonging to the element of
timbre
texture
expressive devices
structure
beat and pulse, meter, accent and syncopation are three of the five concepts associated with duration. Name the other two concepts. (Hint begins with R and T) Your answer should read: word and word
(a)
The organisation of pitches that establishes tonal relationships belongs under which sub heading of pitch?
melody
tonality
harmony
structure
the four concepts attributed to the element of expressive devices are
dynamics, contrast, instrumental and vocal techniques and articulation
dynamics, contrast instrumental and vocal techniques and accent and syncopation
beat and pulse, meter, tempo and rhythm
keys and modes, scale forms, modulation and sequencing/tracklayering.
Which line/note do the two dots of the Bass Clef straddle?
G
B
D
F
A
Which musical element has been left out of this extensive list. Duration, expressive devices, pitch, texture and timbre
(a)
