Elements of music - Definitions
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The document defines the key elements of music as melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, form, dynamics, and texture. Melody is a sequence of single notes that form the main musical line. Rhythm organizes notes into patterns of different durations. Harmony consists of chords, which are two or more notes played together. Timbre refers to the quality or "color" of a sound produced by different instruments. Form describes the order and relationship of sections in a piece of music. Dynamics involve changes in volume, and texture describes the relationship between lines or voices within a piece.
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Elements of music - Definitions
- 1. Elements of Music Melody Rhythm Harmony Timbre Form Dynamics Texture
- 2. Melody A sequence of single notes; the main, most prominent line or voice in a piece of music, the line that the listener follows most closely
- 3. Rhythm Notes of different durations are organised into patterns
- 4. Harmony Harmony is the succession of chords. Chords are two or more notes played together at the same time.
- 5. Timbre The quality of a sound, or the ‘colour’ of a sound and often refers to different instruments. However it also goes deeper, covering all the different sounds one instrument can create.
- 6. Form Order of events in a piece of music. The term may define the number of sections, and their relationship to each other and to the whole. In today’s music sections often have an evenness and “symmetrical” like quality to them. Pieces balance between repetition and contrast.
- 7. Dynamics Dynamics are the changes in volume. Changes can be immediate or gradual of time.
- 8. Texture Texture describes the relationship of lines, known as ‘voices’,within a piece. These lines form layers of sound.
- 9. Texture Categories Monophonic Polyphonic Homophonic
- 10. Elements of Music Melody Rhythm Harmony Timbre Form Dynamics Texture