7 Elements of Music

Dynamics & Articulations

100

The softness or loudness of music is know as...

Dynamics

200

(blank) in music refers to how specific notes or passages are played or sung.

Articulations

300

Dynamics that stay the same and do not change from note to note.

Static Dynamics

400

For this type of instrument, the first note of the slurred group is tongued but the rest of the notes are not—they are played in one continuous breath.

Wind instruments

500

This dynamic marking means that a performer must play the music moderately soft.

mp (mezzo piano)

Melody

100

This is the word that is used to describe the highness or lowness of a musical sound.

Pitch

200

The distance and relationship between two pitches.

Interval

300

The distance between the lowest and highest tones of a melody, an instrument, or a voice.

Range

400

A melodic sequence is...

the repetition of a melody

(section of music which is repeated at a different pitch)

500

The 5 properties of a melody are...

- Duration

- Pitch

- Quality (Timbre)

- Texture

- Loudness (Dynamics)

Timbre & Texture

100

This type of texture is multi-voice with a single, primary melody line supported by simple harmony lines underneath.

Homophonic

200

This type of texture has two or more voices moving independently from one another at the same time with a melody.

Polyphony

300

Timbre is also referred to as what?

Tone colour

400

If a rhythmic texture is described as (blank) then there would be there are a lot of fast eighth or sixteenth notes happening. 

Dense

500

Timbre is the result of what 3 factors?

1. Material of Instrument

2. Attack/Articulation

3. Sustained Pitch

Form

100

What is the overall structure of a piece of music?

Form

200

Name the type of form that follows this pattern:

A - B

Binary

300

Name the form that follows this pattern:

A – B – A – B – C – A

Verse- Chorus

400

Name the type of form that follows this pattern:

A – B – A – C – A – D – A – E - A

Rondo

500

In theme & variation, the variations can include changes in what? (Name at least 3)

Dynamics, Pitches, Rhythms, Harmony, Tempo

Rhythm

100

What is the pulse of the music in terms of how fast or slow it goes?

Beat

200

This is the term used to define the speed of the beat/music

Tempo

300

This is how beats are grouped into small patterns within a larger song.

Meter

400

Refers to a specific way of interpreting rhythm where eight notes are played like triplets to create a galloping sound.

Swing

500

What does the bottom number mean in a time signature?

What note value represents one beat.