3. Important aspects of rhythm:
A. Duration
The length of each sound. How long a
sound (or silence) lasts.
4. B. Tempo
•The speed of the beat.
Largo Adagio Andante Moderato Allegro Presto
5. C. Meter
•These are “organized beats” that can be
seen/felt through the standard patterns
used by conductors.
D u p l e M e t e r T r i p l e M e t e r Q u a d r u p l e M e t e r
6. Dynamics
•The loudness and softness of sound.
Very
Soft
Soft Moderately
Soft
Moderately
Loud
Loud Very
Loud
7. 3. Melody
•The lowness or highness of musical
sound.
•What we sing in a sing-along.
•The “original” tone of a song.
If you find yourself
saying “I cant get
that song out of my
8. 4. Harmony
•The chords.
•It can be different voices singing at a time.
Can make the
same song
sound happy,
sad, scary or
9. 5. Timbre (pronounced “TAM-BER”)
•Tone color.
•Thickness and thinness of sounds.
• Lower register produces
“Dark Timber” (these are
the “bass”)
• Higher register produces
“Brilliant and Piercing
Timber” (these are
10. 6. Texture
•The number of individual melodies and
the relationship these lines have to one
another.
One tone sounding at a time
without accompaniment or
harmony (melodyONLY).
2 or more tone sounding at a time
(melody with chordal
accompaniment.)
2 or more independent melodies
sounding at the same time.
11. 7. Form
•The repetition of the melody
Strophic Form – the same tone is used in
every verse (e.g. “Leron-leron Sinta”)
Binary Form – two-tone song repeatedly
(e.g. “Oh kay liit ng Mundo”)
Ternary Form – three-part form (e.g.
Lupang Hinirang)
Rondo Form – also known as “round
song”.
Through-composed– there is no repeat or
return.
