1. What is music?
Music is the deliberate organization of sounds by people for other people to hear.

2. Melody, rhythm and harmony
•These are the three basic elements composers use to organize and express their ideas.

3. Melody
Pitched sounds arranged in musical time in accordance with given cultural conventions and constraints.
Uses various combinations of steps, leaps and repeated notes

4. Elements of melody Pitch – highness or lowness of a note
Interval – The distance between any two pitches
Phrase – A musical statement generally longer than a motif, but shorter than a period
Dynamics – loudness or softness of a note

5. Rhythm Beat – pulse of the music Rhythms – subdivision of the beat
Measures – a grouping of beats, a way in which rhythms are organized
Meter – number and length of beats within each measure
Syncopation – Accented notes that do not fall on the downbeat or strong beat of the measure
Tempo – speed, the number of beats per minute

6. Harmony A combination of melody and its accompaniment
Scales – group of notes arranged in a specific intervallic sequence
Chord – formed when three or more different notes sound at the same time
Cadence – Conclusion to a phrase, section or piece of music based on a melodic formula, harmonic progression or dissonance resolution
Texture – describes the way in which different musical sounds are combined