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Orientation Questions
Orientation Questions
What is music?
What are the main features or elements that make up music?
How do the main Features or Elements combine to create interesting musical ideas?
‘Elements of Music’
‘Elements of Music’
Key Words: Duration, Tempo, Dynamics, Structure, Texture, Timbre
Pitch: How high or low the notes are.
Duration: The rhythm, the beat, the length of notes and patterns.
Tempo: The speed of the music. Also note when the music changes. Does it speed up or slow down? This is a change of tempo.
Dynamics: Volume: How loud or soft.
Structure: The different sections of the music eg. (Verse, Chorus)
Texture: The different layers of the music (Monophony – Single melody; Homophony – Clear Melody with accompaniment; Polyphony – many melodies played at once).
Timbre: What instruments or sound sources are being used, and how is the sound produced?
KEYWORDS Activity
KEYWORDS Activity
Define the following:
Define the following:
Rhythmic ostinato patterns:
Syncopation:
Cross-rhythms:
Call and response:
Polyrhythmic:
End of Unit Journaling Questions
End of Unit Journaling Questions
What do you understand about the purpose and importance of elements such as pitch, duration, tempo, dynamics, texture, structure and timbre in music?
In what ways did you combine musical elements in your group’s compositions?
What example did you look at where one style of music was brought together with another style?
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