6 elements of music Flashcards
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6 Elements of music
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Melody Rhythm Harmony Texture Expression Form
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Melody
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Basic building block of music
melodies have shapes
ascending and descending
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Rhythm
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- Flip side of melody
- melody cannot exist without rhythm
- musicians divide them into beats called meters
- polyrhythm- two or more rhythmic patterns at the same time.
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Harmony
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Vertical aspects of music Major and Minor Diatonic- stay in given key Chromatic- Uses all 12 notes available atonality- no sense of tonic
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Form
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Binary A-B
Ternary A-B-A
Theme- A melody thats used as a building block in a composition
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Expression
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human element of music
performer interprets composer
tempo and dynamic are given in Italian
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Texture
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- Melody and Accompaniment
- Polyphonic- many lines at the same time
- counterpoint- weaving the lines together to achieve the desired effect.
