Elements of Music Flashcards
wind instrument
Aerophone
string instrument
- Chordophone
Instruments that is struck, shaken or rubbed
- Idiophone
Instruments that use stretched skins as membranes. The membranes are the ones that vibrate and produce sound when struck with bare hands, use of sticks or mallets.(snare drum, bass Drum)
Membranophone
Instruments that use electronic circuits or sound amplification in order for it to work and produce sound. (electric guitar, electric drums)
Electrophone
melody alone or a cappella
Monophony
melody with instrumental accompaniment
Homophony
two or more different melodies sung at the same time
Polyphony
similar melodies sung at the same time or same melody but ornamented by several instruments
Heterophony
is also called tone quality and tone color. Timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments.
TIMBRE (pronounced tam-ber)
is the flow of music through time
RHYTHM (also called the “heartbeat”)
(4 beats/second)
fast
(2 beats/second)
moderate
slow tempo
(1 beat/second)
is a series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole
MELODY
(1-3 tones)
Narrow Range
(5 tones)
Moderate or Pentatonic
(7 tones)
Diatonic
(8 tones and above)
Wide
refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other
HARMONY
(do-re-mi-fa-so-la ti-do)
Major Tonality
(la-ti-do-re-mi-fa-so-la)
Minor Tonality
(do-re-mi-so-la),
Pentatonic
(combination of different tonal patterns)
Modal
is the speed of the beat, the basic pace of the music.
TEMPO
the length of time a musical sound lasts. It is the temporal aspect of music; time. It includes: pulse, beat, rhythm, rhythmic density, meter, tempo
Duration
Degrees of loudness or softness in music/sound
Dynamics
is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound
Pitch
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
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