Musical Elements
This musical element refers to how fast or slow the music is.
What is tempo?
"We are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
This is a category of music such as jazz, rock, or classical.
What is Genre?
This genre often includes improvisation and swing rhythm.
What is jazz?
Music helps create this in a story (feeling or atmosphere).
What is mood?
This refers to the instruments or sound used in a piece of music.
What is Instrumentation?
What is Jazz?
This refers to how a piece of music is performed or interpreted.
What is Style?
This genre focuses on emotion and often uses call-and-responses.
What is Blues?
This musical element can make a scene feel intense or relaxed based on speed.
What is tempo?
This element refers to the movement of notes within a piece of music.
What is Melodic Contour?
"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
True or False: One song can exist in multiple styles.
What is True.
This genre often tells a story using instruments and no lyrics.
What is Classical?
Using loud music during and action scene helps build this.
What is tension and excitement?
This refers to the pattern of beats in music.
What is Rhythm?
DAILY DOUBLE
The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E Major Composed by Vivaldi.
What is Classical?
The words that heard in a song.
What are lyrics?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name TWO characteristics of jazz music.
What is improvisation, swing rhythm, jazz instruments like trumpet/saxophone, etc.?
Soft, slow music in a move scene might suggest this type of moment.
This Element helps create tension or calm through changes in volume and intensity.
What are dynamics?
"Vacation Eyes" By the Jonas Brothers
What is the Genre?
What changed about the style?
Varied Answers.
Give an example of how a song could change style and stay in the same genre.
Varied Answers.
Name the Classical Instrument Familes.
What are strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion?
Why is music important in story telling?