Music elements 

Music elements are the building blocks in music through combining the different elements we can create music.

Music elements

The basic elements of music are:

• duration (of tone) – including music concepts of beat, meter, rhythm and tempo

• pitch (of tone)

• intensity (of tone)

• quality (of tone)

• Texture

 Duration (of tone) 

Duration of tone refers to the length in time of a sound. Some sounds can be long/sustained while others are short/quick. Concepts such as beat, accent, note values, meter, rhythm, and tempo involve duration.

2.PITCH

Pitch means high or low. 

 

3. INTENSITY 

The intensity of tone refers to the dynamics, in other words, how loud or soft a tone is.

4.

QUALITY

Every instrument has a unique sound which is characteristic of that instrument. This is called the tone quality. If you close your eyes and someone plays the piano, you immediately know it is a piano because of its unique tone quality.

5. TEXTURE

Texture refers to the thickness or thinness of sound. When you listen to your favourite song, there are a lot of instruments playing at the same time, we then say the texture is thick. When you sing to yourself in your room, it is only your voice that is heard, so the texture is thin.