The document discusses characteristics of 20th century music. It notes that 20th century music provided a wide array of styles for listeners to choose from due to composers' emphasis on originality and individual expression. It then discusses various musical elements like melody, meter, rhythm, harmony, texture, tonality, timbre, dynamics, and form that composers experimented with in new and dynamic ways in 20th century music. Composers embraced new techniques of organizing rhythm and sought new rhythmic and metric effects.

1. Prayer

2. Characteristics
of 20th century
music

3. The music of the 20th century can be perfectly
described as electric, simply because the
musical styles in this period have provided
listeners with a wide array of music to choose
from.

4. A high regard for originality and individuality
has led 20th century composers to please the
audience through structuring sounds in the
newest and most dynamic form of expression.
That is why even within a particular style,
there is tremendous variety.

5. What is music?

6. Music
vocal or instrumental sounds (or
both) combined in such a way as to
produce beauty of form, harmony,
and expression of emotion.

7. How are the elements of
music used in the 20th
century?

8. Melody
 have generally a more angular contour
than those in the earlier periods due to the
alternating upward and downward
directions of the melody
so difficult to sing because they feature
disjunct progressions

9. Meter
recurring pattern of stresses or accents that
provide the pulse or beat of music
notated at the beginning of a composition
with a time signature.

10. Rhythm
 the basic, repetitive pulse of the music
a rhythmic pattern that is repeated
throughout the music
the pattern in time of a single small group
of notes

11. Composers have embraced new techniques
of organizing rhythm in 20th century music,
seeking new rhythmic and metric effects.
This has been made possible by means of
several devices.

12. Harmony
 the composite product when individual
musical voices group together to form a
cohesive whole

13. Texture
Homophonic textures could be
commonly observed in 20th century
music.

14. Tonality
the overall sound of music

15. Timbre
the unique sound quality of an
instrument or sound

16. Dynamics
the loudness and softness of music

17. Form
the order and arrangement of the parts
of the music

18. Questions?