Aesthetics of Music Test 1

There are Six Elements of Music Rhythm: the organization of music in time Pitch: the degree of highness and lowness of a sound  Line: when pitch and rhythm come together Texture: the result and character of the musical lines in a piece Form: the way a musical piece is built Color: the unique sound an instrument or voice makes

RhythmThere are three levels of rhythm Pulse: the heartbeat of the composition Meter: the arrangement of the pulses into a pattern of strong and weak beats Rhythmic Patterns: a set of beats and rests that defines the tempo and pace of a musical piece Time Signature: tells how many of which type of beat are in each measure           Ex: 2/4 is two quarter notes in each measureTempo: how fast or slow the piece is played          Ex: Largo, Adagio, Andante, Allegro, Presto          accelerando and ritardandoSyncopation: when the composers put the accents on the weak beats instead of the strong ones

PitchAcoustics: the branch of physics that studies sound       sound waves: the vibrations of sounds       regularity and irregularity: the types of wave forms; regular are repeating and musical, irregular are non-            musical and non-repeating       speed of vibration: if the vibration is faster the pitch is higher and vice versa       amplitude: the volume of a pitch       waveform: unique form sound waves create (see color for more detail)Scale: a set of fixed pitchesInterval: the distance between fixed pitchesModulations: when the composer moves away from the main key

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