Elements of Music- Rhythm/Melody/Harmony/Timbre/Texture

duple meter

2 or 4 beats grouped together in each meter

Harmony

2 or more notes played together making a pleasant sound.

triple meter

3 or 6 beats grouped together in each meter

Melody

A memorable series of pitches with a rhythm

Rhythm

A pattern of long and short sounds and silence

tempo

How fast or slow the music is

brass

Instrument, made of brass or silver, whose sound is produced by the vibrations of the player's lips

strings

Instruments that produce sound through vibrating strings by bowing or plucking

woodwind

Instruments which produce sounds by blowing across a hole, against an edge or through a single or double reed,

beat

The steady pulse of the music

meter

how many counts or beats in each measure

percussion

instruments that make a sound by the following: striking,shaking, and scraping

polyphonic texture

performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time

Texture

refers to the feel the musical work imparts

homophonic texture

single line of melody supported by a harmonic accompaniment

Monophonic texture

single melodic line without accompaniment

voice parts

soprano,alto,tenor, baritone, bass

pitch

the highness or lowness of a sound/note

Form

the process by which musical ideas are stated and developed

voice

the range of pitch or type of tone with which a person sings

Melodic Counter

the shape of a melody

brass instruments in order

trumpet,french horn, trombone,baritone, and tuba

Timbre

unique quality of sound