Music elements

what are music elements? music element is an organized sequence of single notes, such as melody, harmony, rhythm and form and the expressive elements of dynamics, tempo, and timbre, melody.

the basics of music:

duration

pitch

intensity

quality

texture

beat and accent

the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse, of the mensural level and an accent is an emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. We have dynamic accent, tonic accent and agogic accent.

meter 

meter refers to the regularly recurring patterns and accents such as bars and beats

timbre

it is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.

western orchestral instrument are grouped into four families. strings, woodwind, bass and percussion.

texture

texture is how the tempo, melodic, and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound in a place.

tempo

is the speed at which a piece of music should be played.

dynamics

the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases