1. The Elements of Music

2. Rhythm Melody Harmony Tempo Dynamics Texture Timbre Form

3. Rhythm What is Rhythm? The pulse, beat or timing of music.
a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
The pulse, beat or timing of music.
A way to organize pitches in patterns.
Why is it important?

4. DURATION and TEMPO
There are two factors that go into making music that go along with rhythms.
Duration: the length of each sound
Tempo: the speed of music

5. How do we stay organized?

6. BELL RINGER 9/5/13
1. The length of each sound is also known as ___________.
2. “Fast” or “slow” or adjectives used to describe the ________ of a piece of music.
3. A strong, repeated pattern of movement or sound is known as __________.
4. “Thick” or “thin” are adjectives used to describe the ________ of a piece of music.
5. Which note has more beats a Whole note or a Sixteenth note?

7. Texture Texture: the way multiple voices
(or instruments) interact in a composition.
Which voice is most prominent? Are all the voices equal?
how thick or thin the music sounds

8. Texture Types
Monophonic- Literally meaning "one sound."
describes music consisting of a single melodic line; it can be sung/played by one person or many, as long as the same notes and rhythms are being performed.
Examples: Singing “Happy Birthday”, a bugle playing taps at a funeral, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” or “God Bless America.”

9. Texture Types
Polyphonic-"many sounds;"
musical texture in which two or more melodic lines of relatively equal importance are performed at the same time.
This is a fairly complex style which was popular with composers from around
Examples: Vocal and instrumental music from the Renaissance through the Baroque; Music for large instrumental ensembles; Religious choral music; A round or canon

10. Texture Types
Homophonic- is the texture that consists of a single, dominating melody that is accompanied by chords.
The chords are not as important than the melody.
Examples: Most popular music styles (rock, folk, country, jazz,etc.)

11. Timbre
Timbre- a word that describes the tone or unique quality of a sound. Also known as tone color.
How we describe sounds: light, dark, rich, harsh...
If you play the same note on a piano and on a guitar, each note will have its own timbre.
Timbre comes from the Greek word that means drum.

12. BELL RINGER 9/12/13 1. 2. 3.
4. Singing “Happy Birthday is an example of this texture type.
5. This element of music, __________ is also known as “tone color.”

13. Melody- A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.
“A musical sentence.”
The leading part/line in a composition with accompaniment.
From Greek melos, "song," its early sense was "sweet music."
is “horizontal,” since its notes are played in order and read from left-to-right.

14. Harmony- is produced when two complementary notes sound simultaneously.
is found in chords, or can be played along a main melody.
is considered “vertical,” because it is only made when notes are stacked and played at the same time.

15. Musical form: the overall structure
or plan of a piece of music; the layout of a composition, and how its divided into sections.
how it is made
Identify sections that repeat, and sections that are different

16. Common Musical Forms
Single Forms- works that are not clearly divided into sections; are through-composed.
Song Form: contains verse and refrain (or chorus); also might include a bridge.

17. Common Musical Forms
Binary Form: has two distinct sections A and B.
Ternary Form: has two distinct sections and a repeat of the “A”. ABA.
“da capo” form

18. Common Musical Forms
Rondo: ABACABA form. where the “A” theme keeps returning.
Theme and Variations: form that contains a theme and can be repeated indefinitely based up the number of variations.

19. Common Musical Forms
Sonata: form that contains three parts- Exposition, Development and Recapitulation.
Concerto: composed in three distinct parts for solo instrument accompanied by orchestra.
Symphony- large multi movement work for orchestra.

21. RHYTHM LAB