Elements of Music

The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another.

• Timbre

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  Rhythm

• Texture

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  Harmony

The structure of a musical composition, the frame upon which it is constructed.

• Texture

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  Form

• Harmony

• 
  Rhythm

a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole.

• Tempo

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  Melody

• Rhythm

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  Harmony

A term which refers to the vertical structure of a composition. That is to say, how many parts or voices there are, what the configuration (close, open, etc.) of the voices happens to be, how the voices interact, etc.

• Texture

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  Timbre

• Harmony

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  Rhythm

The use of simultaneous pitches which compliment the piece as a whole.

• Harmony

• Rhythm

• Texture

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  Melody

Symbols or Words that are used to describe the loudness and softness in music.

• Tempo

• Dynamics

• Harmony

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  Timbre

The duration and patterns of sound.

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Tempo

• Melody

The rate of speed of the beat.

• Meter

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  Dynamics

• Rhythm

• 
  Tempo

The natural division and subdivision of rhythms into equal parts.

• Tempo

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Melody