Elements of Music 1

________ refers to the relationship between music and time.

• Rhythm

• Melody

• Harmony

• Timbre

• Texture

The "pulse" of music is known as the

• beat

• meter

• tempo

• consonance

• octave

The grouping of beats is called:

• meter

• tempo

• melodic rhythm

• harmony

• phrase

______ is the speed of the beat.

• tempo

• meter

• dissonance

• polyphonic

• counterpoint

Beat, Meter, Tempo, and Melodic Rhythm are parts of _____.

• rhythm

• harmony

• texture

• Timbre

• Expression

The common dance beat has how many beats per minute?

• 60

• 100

• 120

• 160

• 200

_______ Organization of a series of tones, two are more pitches in succession – each with their own rhythmic duration.

• Melody

• Harmony

• Rhythm

• Expression

• Timbre

The degree of highness or lowness of an individual sound is known as:

• Pitch

• Contour

• Tonal Patterns

• Phrase

The shape use to outline the melody is called:

• Contour

• Pitch

• Tonal Patterns

• Phrase

• Tempo

________ are musical sentences.

• Beat

• Phrase

• Tempo

• Pitch

• Contour