The Elements of Music
Module 1 NOTES
12-bar blues is a chord progression that is common in many popular forms of music.
A metronome, or a device that produces regular ticks or beats according to the beats per minute, is one way that musicians and composers can help maintain a consistent pace in the music.
A concerto is a musical piece in which one solo instrument (such as a piano or violin) is accompanied by an orchestra.
A scale is a group of notes in ascending and descending pitch.
A sonata is a musical composition for a solo instrument (often piano or other keyboard instrument).
A symphony is a musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra; it is often an extended composition.
Common meter, which consists of four lines of a particular number of beats that end in the rhyming pattern of a-b-a-b.
Dynamics in music refers to the loudness or softness of a note, as well as the quality of the note as played.
Form is referred to as the framework that a composer uses to create a piece of music.
Harmony is having more than one pitch within the music at the same time.
Melodic phrases are groups or sets of notes that make sense together, express a musical idea, and, when combined, create the melody.
Melody is a series of musical notes that have been strung together.
Pitch is the frequency of a sound, and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear.
Rhythm the timing of the musical sounds or notes in the music Subito forzando (usually written as sforzando) is a sudden change in the level of sound.
Syncopation involves placing emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats or using a rest on a normally emphasized beat.
Tempo is the speed of a given piece of music.
The repetition of these twelve pitches is known as an octave.
The beat is the basic time unit within a piece of music.
Timbre (which is pronounced tam-ber) is the tone quality of a sound, and it is what helps to distinguish one musical instrument from
12-bar blues is a chord progression that is common in many popular forms of music.
A metronome, or a device that produces regular ticks or beats according to the beats per minute, is one way that musicians and composers can help maintain a consistent pace in the music.
A concerto is a musical piece in which one solo instrument (such as a piano or violin) is accompanied by an orchestra.
A scale is a group of notes in ascending and descending pitch.
A sonata is a musical composition for a solo instrument (often piano or other keyboard instrument).
A symphony is a musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra; it is often an extended composition.
Common meter, which consists of four lines of a particular number of beats that end in the rhyming pattern of a-b-a-b.
Dynamics in music refers to the loudness or softness of a note, as well as the quality of the note as played.
Form is referred to as the framework that a composer uses to create a piece of music.
Harmony is having more than one pitch within the music at the same time.
Melodic phrases are groups or sets of notes that make sense together, express a musical idea, and, when combined, create the melody.
Melody is a series of musical notes that have been strung together.
Pitch is the frequency of a sound, and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear.
Rhythm the timing of the musical sounds or notes in the music Subito forzando (usually written as sforzando) is a sudden change in the level of sound.
Syncopation involves placing emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats or using a rest on a normally emphasized beat.
Tempo is the speed of a given piece of music.
The repetition of these twelve pitches is known as an octave.
The beat is the basic time unit within a piece of music.
Timbre (which is pronounced tam-ber) is the tone quality of a sound, and it is what helps to distinguish one musical instrument from