Musical Elements
The smallest measure of music.
Notes.
The volume of sound is measured in this.
Decibles.
Instruments that make sound by being hit, rattled, or shaken.
Percussion.
The earliest written records of music were found in this book.
The Bible.
Music is performed on five lines and four spaces called this.
A Staff.
Vibrations being expelled by various means create this.
Sound waves.
Instruments made of wood with strings, often played with a bow.
String instruments.
The Romantic Period went on during these dates.
1800-1900.
The speed of the song.
Tempo.
A sound wave with short peaks has this kind of pitch.
High.
Instruments that are loud and cutting, using the buzzing of the player's lips against the mouth piece to create vibrations.
Brass.
Most of music in history was written for this entity.
The Catholic Church
The volume of the song.
Dynamics.
Slow moving, spread out, sound waves create this.
Low pitch.
Instruments using a reed, a double reed, or the Bernoulli effect to create sound.
Woodwinds.
This harmonic texture has only a single melody.
Monophonic.
This is how music is broken up.
Measures.
The height of the peak of the sound wave is called this.
Amplitude.
The piano is part of this instrument family.
Polyphonic, monophonic, and homophonic are a few examples of this.
Harmonic textures.