Elements of Music
Form
Movement
A section of a larger musical
work
Such as:
concerto or semphony
rondo
Orchestra
A big group of musicians
The shape or the order and
arrangement of the music
It tracks new and repeated music
Verse
Chorus
Symphony
A piece of music composed
for an orchestra
Fugue
Duration
Allegro- Fast, quickly and bright
109- 132 BPM
Andante- slow (a walking pace)
73- 77 BPM
Adagio- slow and stately
55- 65 BPM
Moderato- Moderately
86- 97 BPM
Pulse
Bars and beats
Time signature
Metre
How many beats are in a bar
Tempo
The speed of the beat
Rhythm
Long and short sounds
Timbre
Tone colour
Percussion
Any instrument that is struck or hit
Wood wind
Have a reed
Small piece of wood that vibrates
Mouth piece
Acoustic
Central Hall
Pickup
Electronic
String
Oud, Lute, Guitar, Violin
Brass
Mouthpiece
The unique sound quality
of an instrument or sound
Dynamics
How loud or soft the
music is performed
piano
soft
forte
loud
Italian words & abbreviations
pp- pianissimo- very quiet
p- piano- quiet
mp- mezzo piano- moderately quiet
mf- mezzo forte- moderately loud
f- forte- loud
ff- fortissimo- very loud
accent
Punching or leaning into a note
harder to temporarily emphasise it
Texture
Monophonic
Acoustics
Effects the element of timbre
How sound responds inside an architecture
Single note texture
Harmony
The layers of sound, how sparse
or dense the music is
Homophonic
Consists of a melody and an accompaniment
Accompaniment is groups of notes
that support the melody
Melody is the focus of the music
Polyphonic
More than one melody
Pitch
Tonality
Minor
Major
Melody
A series of pitches that
makes a tune
A main part of the song
The relative highness or lowness of sound