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Musical Elements - Coggle Diagram
Musical Elements
STRUCTURE - organisation of sounds
Verse / chorus
Ostinato - repeating pattern
Round - (londons burning)
12 bar blues
Beginning / middle / end
Question & answer
ABA - ternary form (some at the beginning & end)
Call & response
ABACA - Rondo form (1st section keeps coming back)
PITCH - How high or low a note sounds
High
Low
Ascending - getting higher
Descending - getting lower
Scale - a set of tuned notes
Pentatonic - a 5 note scale
TIMBRE - different types of sounds, tones & colour
Vocal
Body percussion
Tuned & untuned
Instrumental
Environmental
Electric
TEXTURE - combination of sounds
Solo
Accompaniment
Ensemble - vocal instrumental
Polyphonic - combination of tunes
Polyrhythmic - combination of rhythms
Chords - groups of notes sounding together
DYNAMICS - volume of sounds
Loud
Quiet
Crescendo - getting louder
Diminuendo - getting quieter
DURATION - lengths of sound / silence
Long / short
Steady pulse / beat
Rhythms & word rhythms
TEMPO - different speeds
Fast / slow
Accelerando - getting faster
Rallentando - getting slower
SILENCE - no sound
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