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    ELEMENTS OVERVIEW

    • SOUND: PITCH , DYNAMICS, TONE COLOR (TIMBRE)

    • VOICES & INSTRUMENTS:

    Soprano & Alto (Women)


    Tenor, Baritone (Men)

    Orchestra:
    WOODWINDS (Flutes, Clarinets, Oboes, Bassons) with extended families.
    BRASS (French Horn, Trumpets, Trombones, Tuba)
    STRINGS (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) + Harp
    PERCUSSION (Timpani, Snare Drum, Cymbals, Xylophone, Triangle, etc, etc)
    + CONDUCTOR: Leader of the Orchestra, uses a baton (stick to indicate tempo).

    • RHYTHM: Beat, Meter, Accent & Syncopation


    • TEMPO: Adagio, Allegro, Accelerando, Ritardando
    • DYNAMICS: Piano, Forte, Crescendo, Decrescendo (or diminuendo)

    • MELODY: Song, Tune or Theme.


    Steps / Leaps
    Legato / Staccato
    Climax
    Cadence: Complete / Incomplete

    • HARMONY: Consonance / Dissonance. Chords

    • KEY: Scales / Tonality (Tonal Center): Major and Minor

    • TEXTURE: Monophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic

    • FORM: Repetition, Contrast, Variation

    AB: Binary ABACA: Rondo (or Rondeau in french)


    ABA : Ternary

    • STYLE Periods
    Middle Ages (450-1450), Renaissance (1450-1600), Baroque (1600-1750)
    Classical (1750-1820), Romantic (1820-1900), XX Century (1900-1999)

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