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Elements of Music

MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY
The 7 Elements of
Music:
 Melody the -periodic
organized sequencetable
of pitches of

 Rhythm
music  A series of notes that are perceived as a cohesive unit

- duration of sound, movement of music in time


 note/rest values, time signatures, tempo, layers of rhythm
 Harmony - organized combination of pitches
 chord progressions, counter-melodies, and voicings (SATB)
 Dynamics - element of musical expression
 volume or intensity – loud vs. soft

 Texture - density vs. sparseness


 complexity vs. simplicity, sheer number of parts – monophonic vs. polyphonic

 Timbre - tone colour or quality of sound


 Usage of terms like harsh vs. smooth or bright vs. dark or thin vs. round

 Form - structure of music into individual sections


ITALIAN TEMPO TERMS:
Tempo refers

to the rate of
Larghissimo — very, very slow (20 bpm and below)
 Grave — slow and solemn (20–40 bpm) speed – or the
 Lento — slowly (40–60 bpm) pace of music…
 Largo — broadly (40–60 bpm)
 Larghetto — rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
 Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66–76
bpm) WE WILL FOCUS


Adagietto — rather slow (70–80 bpm)
ON:
Andante moderato — a bit slower than andante
 Andante — at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
 Andantino – slightly faster than andante • Largo (slowest)
 Moderato — moderately (108–120 bpm)
 Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
• Adagio
 Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112–124 bpm) • Andante


Allegro — fast, quickly and bright (120–168 bpm)
Vivace — lively and fast (≈140 bpm) (quicker than allegro)
• Moderato (middle)
 Vivacissimo — very fast and lively • Allegro


Allegrissimo — very fast
• Vivace
Presto — very fast (168–200 bpm)
•
ORDER OF DYNAMIC
TERMS:
 Pianissimo - very softly
(0-1)
 Piano - softly
(2-3)
 Mezzo Piano - moderately soft
(4-5)
 Mezzo Forte - moderately strong
(5-6)

Yes, there are more


terms…
Accelerando
Beat
- gradually getting faster
- regular pulsation, basic unit of length in musical time (usually quarter note)
 Chord - simultaneous combination of 3+ notes (single block of harmony)
 Conjunct - smooth or connected melody (moves by small intervals – skip/step)
 Crescendo - gradually getting louder
 Da Capo - return to the beginning of the piece
 Decrescrendo - gradually get quieter
 Disjunct - disjointed or disconnected melody (moves by large intervals or leaps)
 Interval - distance in pitch between two notes
 Monophonic - single-line texture, melody without accompaniment (e.g. singing ‘a capella’)
 Pitch - highness or lowness of a pitch/frequency (rate of vibration)
 Range - distance between highest and lowest note in a melody/instrument/voice
 Ritardando - gradually slowing down
 Scale - series of notes (ascending or descending) in an order-like fashion
 Style - characteristic manner of presentation of the elements of music
 Syncopation - upsetting the meter by temporarily shifting the pulse or accenting an offbeat
 Tonic - first note of a scale or key (e.g. ‘do’ in solfege terms)

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