music elements are the building blocks in music.  tone refers to a specific music element that gives music its characteristic sound and through which we differentiate between music and noise.

the basic music elements are; duration of tone, pitch,intensity,quality and texture.

beat can be reffered to as the heartbeat of music, however some beats can be more prominent than others and we therefore call these beats accents. beats are usually grouped into 2, 3, 4.