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Musical Elements - Coggle Diagram
Musical
Elements
Duration
=
the relative lengths of sounds and silences in music
Tempo
Fast
slow
swaying
Rhythm
staccato
legato
uneven
dotted rhythms
syncopation
swaying
even
semiquavers
minims
Meter
Simple
Compound
Duple
Triple
Quadruple
Dynamics
=
the relative softness & loudness of sound
loud,
forte
soft,
piano
crescendo
decrescendo, diminuendo
Structure
= the form & design of music
binary
ternary
theme & variation
12-bar blues
Texture
= the density of sound
thick
thin
contrapuntal
polyphonic
homophonic
Characteristics
of
context
,
genre
&
style
Year composed
which instruments play it?
where do people listen to it?
concert hall
jazz bar
rock/pop concert
small performances
what style?
country
jazz
rock/pop
orchestral
Timbre
= the characteristic quality of sound source, or
tone colour
brash & loud
delicate
deep, ominous
warm, rich
Melody
= the horizontal arrangement of sound
melodic shape & contour
Range & Register
low
middle
high
intonation
melodic patterns
motifs & themes
Intervals
sequences
Harmony
=
the vertical arrangement of sounds
Major
minor
dissonance
chromaticism