Element of Music.

Monophonic

Music with only one note sounding at a time.

Homophonic texture

Music with two or more notes sounding at a the same time.

Polyphonic texture

Music with two or more independent melodies sounding at the same time.

Melody

Melody is the linear presentation of pitch (the word used to describe the highness or lowness of a musical sound).

how long a sound (or silence) lasts.

TEMPO

the speed of the BEAT.

Largo

"large" or labored (slow)

Adagio

slow

Andante

steady "walking" tempo.

Moderato

moderate

Allegro

fast ("happy")

Presto

very fast.

Rondo

Song (has a chorus and verses)

Fugue

Movement

Symphony

Theme & Variations

All musical aspects relating to the relative
loudness(or quietness) of the music fall
under the general element of Dynamics.

pianissimo[PP]

very Quiet

piano[P]

Quiet

mezzo piano[MP]

moderately quiet

Mezzo forte[MF]

Moderately loud

forte[F]

Loud

fortission[FF]

very Loud

The tone quality of the music, the
different sound made by the instruments used