Elements of Music
This element is defined as the division of sound across time.
What is rhythm?
The trumpet falls into this instrument family.
What is brass?
This element of art is the reflection of light off of a surface.
What is color.
The family of colors including purple, green, and orange.
What are secondary colors?
These were the mot important instruments in Ancient Greece (get 2/3)
Lyre, kithara, aulos
This element is defined as the loudness or softness of sound.
What are dynamics?
This is the Latin word for loud sounds in music notation.
This is a point moving through space.
What is a line?
Bumpy, rough, smooth, furry are all examples.
What is texture?
The space within an art work that is blank/empty.
What is negative space?
This element of music can be described as consonant or dissonant.
What is harmony?
ABACA or ABACABA - a form in which the opening theme returns between each new contrasting theme
What is rondo?
This element defines positive/negative areas and creates a sense of depth.
What is space?
Paint, canvas, colored pencils, clay, charcoal are all examples.
What is medium (materials)?
This German composer who spent most of his life in Austria was born in 1770 and died in 1827. He is best known for pushing the limits of Classical form and harmony and bridging into the Romantic Era. He wrote works for piano such as Für Elise, Pathetique Sonata, and Moonlight Sonata. He composed 9 symphonies and although he did not compose frequently for voice, he was the first to utilize a chorus in the 4th movement of his 9th symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
This element is defined as the organization of the elements or the structure of a piece of music.
What is form?
This is a musical idea that is often repeated throughout a work.
What is a theme?
This is the space inside an enclosed line; 2-dimensional.
What is a shape?
A line moving directly up and down.
What is vertical?
The horizontal line in a landscape that separates the earth from the sky.
This element describes how fast or slow the beat is in a piece of music.
What is tempo?
This rhythm has a duration of 2 beats.
What is a half note?
This is a 3-dimensional enclosed space.
What is form?
Square, circle, triangle, rectangle, rhombus are all examples.
What are geometric shapes?
This form of harmony is a stack of 3 or more pitches sounding at the same time.
What is a chord?