MUSICAL STRUCTURE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC S ELEMENTS OF

MUSICAL STRUCTURE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC S

ELEMENTS OF MUSIC S PITCH S TEXTURE S RYHTHM S TIMBRE S MELODY S DYNAMIC

PITCH: HIGHS AND LOWS OF MUSIC S Pitch: The highness or lowness of a tone in music Low or High? High or Low? S Instruments are designed to produce various pitches

Orchestra High Pitch or Low Pitch Strings: Woodwinds: Brass: S Violin S Flute S Trumpet S Viola S Oboe S French Horn S Cello S Clarinet S Trombone S Double Bass S Bassoon S Tuba

PITCH: CONSONANCE + DISSONANCE S Consonance is the combination of notes that are in harmony due to the relationship between their frequencies. S Dissonance is a clash resulting from the combination of two different notes. Example

RHYTHM: THE PULSE OF SOUND

RHYTHM: HIGHS AND LOWS OF MUSIC S Rhythm: The organization of time in music S Tempo governs the rhythm’s pace or speed

RHYTHM: TEMPO S TEMPO: The speed or pace of a piece of music S ACCELERANDO: Speed up S RITARDANDO: Slow down

RHYTHM: NOTES + BEATS + RESTS S NOTE: A sign used in musical notation to represent the duration and pitch of a sound S A whole note is four counts S BEAT/PULSE: The basic unit of time in music S REST: Interval of silence in a piece of music

MELODY: ARRANGEMENT OF SOUND

MELODY: ARRANGEMENT OF TONES S Melody: The arrangement of tones on a staff in a meaningful manner.

Melody S Combination of pitches and rhythms S Nursery rhyme songs from beginning to end is one melody S Verse is a melody, chorus is a melody S Ensemble is all the different elements of the song trying to accompany the melody

TEXTURE: LAYERS OF SOUND

TEXTURE: LAYERS OF SOUND S Monophonic texture means only one line of music sounding alone- gregorian chant S Homophonic means one line leads and the others support itrock music S Multiple independent lines happening together is called polyphonic texture- more complicated stuff

Texture S Layers of music are stratified- each layer is on top of another - beat is on bottom, usually low pitch(usually percussion) - top is normally high pitch(usually vocals) S Ostinato is repeated background rhythm that is different from the surface melody

TIMBRE: CHARACTER OF SOUND

TIMBRE: CHARACTER OF SOUND S The characteristics of the sound itself The same note sounds Different when it comes From a different instrument

TIMBRE descriptive terms S Sharp S Rough S Gloomy S Delicate S Dark S Full S Clear S Wide S Bright S Narrow S Harsh

DYNAMICS: VOLUME OF SOUND

DYNAMICS: NOTATION S Forte: f, fff: LOUD S Piano: p, ppp: SOFT S Mezzo: m: MEDIUM S Crescendo: Gradually louder S Decrescendo: Gradually softer

Dynamics