1. METERrefers to rhythmic patterns produced by grouping together strong and weak beats. A meter may be in duple (two beats in a measure), triple (three beats in a measure), quadruple (four beats in a measure), and so on.
2. MELODY, in music, the aesthetic product of a given succession of pitches in musical time, implying rhythmically ordered movement from pitch to pitch. Melody in Western music by the late 19th century was considered to be the surface of a group of harmonies.
3. TEXTUREdescribes how layers of sound within a piece of music interact. Imagine that a piece of spaghetti is a melody line. One strand of spaghetti by itself is a single melody, as in a monophonic texture. Many of these strands interweaving with one another (like spaghetti on a plate) is a polyphonic texture.
4. TEMPOthe rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking. 2 : rate of motion or activity
5. DYNAMICS is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the study of forces and their effects on motion. Isaac Newton was the first to formulate the fundamental physical laws that govern dynamics in classical non-relativistic physics, especially his second law of motion.
Answers & Comments
1. MELODY - a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.
2. TEXTURE - the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance.
3. TEMPO - the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
4. METER - the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.
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MUSICAL ELEMENTS
1. METER
2. MELODY
3. TEXTURE
4. TEMPO
5. DYNAMICS
DIFINITION/DESCRIPTION
1. METER refers to rhythmic patterns produced by grouping together strong and weak beats. A meter may be in duple (two beats in a measure), triple (three beats in a measure), quadruple (four beats in a measure), and so on.
2. MELODY, in music, the aesthetic product of a given succession of pitches in musical time, implying rhythmically ordered movement from pitch to pitch. Melody in Western music by the late 19th century was considered to be the surface of a group of harmonies.
3. TEXTURE describes how layers of sound within a piece of music interact. Imagine that a piece of spaghetti is a melody line. One strand of spaghetti by itself is a single melody, as in a monophonic texture. Many of these strands interweaving with one another (like spaghetti on a plate) is a polyphonic texture.
4. TEMPO the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking. 2 : rate of motion or activity
5. DYNAMICS is the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the study of forces and their effects on motion. Isaac Newton was the first to formulate the fundamental physical laws that govern dynamics in classical non-relativistic physics, especially his second law of motion.