Elements of Music

Question 1

What are the elements of music?

Answer 1

Pitch, Texture, Structure, Duration, Dynamics and Expression, Performing Media and Timbre.
(PTSD DP)

Question 2

Words describing pitch

Answer 2

Melody, Harmony, Contour (whether the melody jumps, leaps, ascending or descending notes) High, Low, Counter melody, small or large range,tonality (key of music)

Question 3

Words describing texture

Answer 3

Monophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic, Heterophonic, Layers, Thick, Thin

Question 4

Monophonic

Answer 4

having a single melodic line without harmonies or counter melodies.

Question 5

Polyphonic

Answer 5

the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines

Question 6

Heterophonic

Answer 6

multiple variants of a single melodic line heard simultaneously, the same melody slightly more decorated or changed.

Question 7

Homophonic

Answer 7

Melody accompanied by chords

Question 8

Words describing structure

Answer 8

Staggered entry, binary, strophic, cyclic, macro, micro, rondo form, ostinato ,coda, ternary form.

Question 9

Binary form

Answer 9

a structure featuring two main sections, often labeled A and B, which are usually related and may be repeated. commonly AB or AABB

Question 10

Rondo form

Answer 10

a structure that features a main theme or refrain (A) that alternates with contrasting sections e.g ABACABA

Question 11

Strophic form

Answer 11

a simple musical structure where the same music is repeated for each verse or stanza of text. AAA etc
The only difference in sections is the lyrics

Question 12

Ternary form

Answer 12

a three-part structure (A-B-A) where the first section (A) is presented, followed by a contrasting section (B), and then the return of the first section (A)

Question 13

Dynamics and Expression

Answer 13

p,f,ff,mf,mp etc Crescendos and Decrescendos, Vibrato, Glissando,Pizzicato, Distortion, Plucked, Bowed, walking bass, chord blocks

Question 14

Duration

Answer 14

ostinato, tempo, beat, syncopation, rhythm, crochet, minum, quaver, semiquaver

Question 15

Performing media and timbre

Answer 15

Different instruments and how they sound. sweet bright, clear, electronic,brassy, artificial, dirty, majestic, resonant, muddy, dark

Question 16

Theme

Answer 16

A longer section of a song, the tune that you remember

Question 17

Motif

Answer 17

Short, repeated, makes up the theme, they can be changed but sound similar.

Question 18

Cyclic form

Answer 18

A musical idea, like a theme or motif, is used or recalled in multiple movements or sections of a piece
Mainly in concertos, sonatas, and symphonies