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Musical Elements
Term | Definition |
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Melody | The tune of a song; part you hum |
Pitch | The highness or lowness of a note |
Interval | The distance between two pitches |
Range | The distance between the highest and lowest notes of a melody |
Shape | The direction a melody takes |
Conjuct | A smooth style of movement |
Disjunct | A jaged style of movement |
Rythm | Musical time |
Beat | The most basic unit used to measure time |
Meter | The patterns into which rythmic pulses are organized |
Syncopation | deliberatly accenting a typically weak beat |
Monophonic | Texture with one melody, unaccompanied |
Heterophony | One voice elaborating the same melody |
Homophony | Texture with one melody and accompaniment; the most common |
Polyphony | More melodic lines combined |
Harmony | The movement of relationship of intervals and chords |
Chord | Three or more notes sounded together |
Ternary form | Three part form; ABA |
Binary form | Two part form; AB |
Tempo | Speed |
Scale | Collection of pitches |
Tonic | First note of a scale |
Largo | Slow |
Andante | Walking pace |
Moderato | Medium speed |
Allegro | Fast |
Pianissimo | Very soft/Quiet |
Piano | Soft |
Mezzo Piano | Medium soft |
Mezzo Forte | Medium loud |
Forte | Loud |
Fortissimo | Very loud |
Crescendo | Gradually get louder |
Decrescendo | Gradually get quieter |
Dynamic | Volume |