Music and the 7 lenses

Question 1

What musical elements relate to Space?

Answer 1

size & location of the instrumentalists and singers

Question 2

What musical elements relate to Shape of the event through time?

Answer 2

form, rhythm, meter; melody & scale, articulation & dynamics

Question 3

What musical elements relate to Participant Organization?

Answer 3

texture, size of ensemble, harmony, instruments

Question 4

What musical elements relate to Materials?

Answer 4

instruments, ensemble, timbre

Question 5

What musical elements relate to Performance Features?

Answer 5

timbre, texture, melody/scale, text setting, rhythm, meter, harmony, articulation, dynamics

Question 6

What musical elements relate to Content?

Answer 6

text setting

Question 7

What musical elements relate to Underlying Symbolic Systems?

Answer 7

melody, scale, meter, instruments, timbre, texture, ensemble, form, text setting, rhythm, harmony, articulation & dynamics