ELEMENTS AND CONCEPTS Flashcards

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DURATION

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THE RELATIVE LENGTHS OF SOUNDS AND SILENCES IN MUSIC

CONNECTED CONCEPTS:
* BEAT AND PULSE
* METRE
* ACCENT AND SYNCOPATION
* TEMPO
* RHYTHM

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EXPRESSIVE DEVICES

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ways of influencing mood
and character of music

Connected Concepts:
* dynamics
* contrast
* instrumental and vocal techniques
* articulation

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PITCH

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the relative frequency of sound:
* melody
* harmony
* tonality

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MELODY

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the horizontal arrangement
of sound

Connected Concepts:
* melodic patterns
* melodic shape and contour
* motif
* intonation
* range and register

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HARMONY

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the vertical arrangement of
sounds (describes the ways
in which combinations of
sounds progress
throughout a piece of
music)

Connected concepts:
* consonance and dissonance
* chord progressions
* countermelodies
* cadence

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TONALITY

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the organisation of pitches
that establishes tonal
relationships

Connected Concepts:
* keys and modes
* scale forms
* modulation

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STRUCTURE

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the form and design of
music

Connected Concepts:
* repetition, variety, contrast, development and unification
* treatment of thematic material
* multi-movement and contemporary structures

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TEXTURE

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The density of sound

connected Concepts:
* monophony, homophony, polyphony, heterophony
* linear and vertical arrangement
* voicing
* sequencing and track layering

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TIMBRE

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characteristic quality of
sound sources, or tone
colour

Connected Concepts:
* instrumentation
* instrumental and vocal techniques and devices
* manipulation of sound quality
* register

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