The Elements of Music

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The Elements of Music
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• Pitch
• High sounds
• Low sounds

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• Dynamics
• Loud sounds
• Soft sounds
• Forte
• Piano
• Crescendo
• Diminuendo

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• Tempo / pace
• Fast music
• Slow music
• Presto / vivo
• Lento / largo / adagio

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• Structure
• How the music is organised
• E.g. ABA

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• Rhythm
• Long notes and short notes combine to make rhythms

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• Texture
• How much is going on in the music
• Thick texture (lots going on)
• Thin texture (less going on)

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• Timbre
• Type of sound
• E.g. brass, metallic, harsh
• This is the element that is most open to your own
  interpretation