Identifying Elements - What & How?

Question 1

Timbre

Answer 1

The characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone colour.

Question 2

Accelerando

Answer 2

Gradually increasing in speed.

Question 3

Rallentando

Answer 3

Gradually decreasing in speed.

Question 4

BPM

Answer 4

Beats/Minute

Question 5

Tonality

Answer 5

A particular scale or system of tones; a key.

Question 6

Harmony

Answer 6

Harmony describes the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes and the technique governing the construction of such chords and their arrangement in a succession of chords.

Question 7

Texture

Answer 7

The density and range of the simultaneous sounds forming harmonies in music. It can be contrapuntal (polyphonic) or homophonic (chordal).

Question 8

Time signature

Answer 8

• The higher of the two numbers shows how many beats there are in a bar, while the lower number shows what kind of note it is.
• A duple time-signature of 2/4 means that each bar consists of two quarter notes or crotchets or their equivalent in notes of shorter or longer duration.
• A compound time such as 6/8 shows that there are six quavers or eighth notes in each bar, although in faster speeds these will be in two groups of three.