19. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
MELODY
Organize sequence of
single notes
03
DYNAMIC
The softness and
loudness of music
02
HARMONY
Refers to the chords
produced,
accompaniment style, and
countermelodies
04
TEXTURE
The thickness of the
sound
05 TIMBRE
The quality of the sound 06
01
05
20. The regular repeated pattern of sounds. It serves as
the pulse of the musical composition. This element
has three components:
RHYTHM
BEAT
Beats are the length of
the musical notes which form
an integral part of a song.
Ex.
a) Tapping of the feet
b) Nodding your head while
listening to music
TEMPO
Is the speed of the beat.
Every music has its own
speed whether its fast or
relatively slow
METER
Which composes of time
signature is the combination
of strong beats (accent) and
weak beats
21. used for gradually
getting louder
the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.
Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in
some detail.
DYNAMICS
CRESCENDO
DECRESCEND
O
or diminuendo is used for
gradually getting softer.
22. C O N J U N
MELODY
It is the main tune of the musical piece. It is what you hear
and what retains in your head. It has two types, the conjunct
and the disjunct.
the melodic phrase
moves in a stepwise
fashion; that is the
subsequent notes
move up or down a
semitone or tone,
but no greater.
C T
the melodic phrase
leaps upwards or
downwards; this
movement is
greater than a
whole tone.
D I S J U N
C T C T
23. Consonant intervals in
music are more
pleasant and seems like
“everything is ok”.
25%
Dissonant intervals
on the other hand
produce a more
“creepy” sound that
shows tension and
needs to be resolved.
75%
HARMONY
This element can refer to the chords produced, the
accompaniment styles, and the countermelodies. It has two
types, the consonance and the dissonance.
CONSONANCE DISSONANCE
24. HOMOPHONIC
characterized by having
multiple voices moving
together harmonically at the
same pace
02
POLYPHONIC
a musical texture consisting
of two or more simultaneous
melodic lines
03
MONOPHONIC
a texture comprising a single
line of musical tones: that is,
a single melody, or
intonation, or cantillation.
01
TEXTURE
The effect of the different layers of sound in a piece of music,
and the relationship between them.
TEXTURE
The effect of the different layers of sound in a piece of music,
and the relationship between them.
26. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
MELODY
Organize sequence of
single notes
03
DYNAMIC
The softness and
loudness of music
02
Refers to the chords
produced,
accompaniment style, and
countermelodies
04
The thickness of the
sound
05
The quality of the sound 06
01
05
27. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
“I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have
felt it.”
IGOR STRAVISKY