Elements of Music

RHYTHM

TIM E ” in ❏ Beat
It is the “ s o f ❏ Meter
e n t
the elem ❏ Tempo
music. ❏ Syncopation
 DYNAMICS

o ftn e s s pianissimo [pp] = (very quiet)

th e s
It is e s s o f piano [p] = (quiet) mezzo-piano
d l ou d n [mp] = (moderately quiet)
an mezzo-forte [mf ] = (moderately
o u n d .
as loud) forte [f ] = (loud)
fortissimo [ff ] = (very loud)
DYNAMICS
 TEXTURE

a l it y o f
th e q u ❏ Monophonic
It is a p i e c e .
n d o f ❏ Homophonic
sou
❏ Polyphonic
TEXTURE
 TIMBRE

to n e
i s the
It n e
/ t o
quality
c o lo u r.
 HARMONY

❏ Consonance
It is the ion of ❏ Dissonance
b i n a t
c om re
o r m o
two
t c h e s .
pi
 MELODY

a n i ze d
a n o r g
It is o f
n c e ❏ Conjunct
seque
c he s . ❏ Disjunct
pit
MELODY
 FORM

It is the of ❏ Strophic Form

ru c tu r e ❏ Binary Form
st d a
c a n ❏ Through-
mu s i io n o f
m b i n a t Composed
c o
u s i c a l ❏ Ternary Form
m .
e n ts
elem
 KEY TERMS USED IN
MEDIEVAL AND WESTERN
CLASSICAL PERIOD

❏ It is the process of aligning

Text-Setting syllables of speech to
specific musical pitches.
Syllabic-Setting ❏ music with one note per syllable
Melismatic-Setting ❏ many notes per syllable.
 ❏ a style of plain chant that sets one
Neume-Setting syllable of text to one neume.
 MUSIC OF MEDIEVAL AND
WESTERN CLASSICAL
PERIOD
KYRIE

❏ A sacred musical
composition
❏ Sung in Acapella
❏ Written in Latin
❏ Polyphonic in texture
 Le Jeu de Robin et
Marion

❏ A French secular play

❏ A vocal type composition
❏ Syllabic in text setting
❏ Monophonic texture
 Alleluia: Angelus domini;
Respondens (oblique
organum)

❏ Medieval polyphonic
music
❏ Melismatic
❏ written in Latin language