Elements of Music

The unique or peculiar quality of a tone as sounded by a given instrument or voice.

• Texture

• Timbre

• Rhythm

• Harmony

When the music is slow, the ________ is one beat per second.

• Rhythm

• Melody

• Texture

• Timbre

The horizontal (melodic lines) and vertical (chords) relationships of musical materials.

• Texture

• Melody

• Rhythm

• Harmony

May be broadly defined as everything pertaining to the duration of musical sounds.

• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Pitch

The softness and loudness of the music.

• Tempo
• Dynamics
• Pitch
• Harmony

The quality of sound heard, also known as tone color or tone quality.

• Pitch
• Loudness
• Timbre
• Frequency

Literally means “one voice”.

• Monophony

• Polyphony

• Homophony

• Homorhythm

Refers to the music with a single melodic line to which the rest of the parts are subordinate.

• Harmony
• Homophony

• Monophony
• Polyphony

Refers to music with multiple parts or lines which literally means “may voices”.

• Polyphony
• Monophony
• Homophony
• Heterophony

Refers to music with multiple parts or lines that are rhythmically connected.

• Harmony
• Polyrhythm
• Melody
• Homorhythm