Music elements are the building blocks in music. Through  combining  the  different elements  we can create music. Tone refers to a specific music elements that give music its characteristic sound and through which we differentiate between music and noise

Music elements

Texture- different layers in a piece of music

Tempo- the speed of music

Dynamics- the volume of the music being performed 

Tone- the sound of the instrument playing melody or how the singers voice sound

Rhythm- how long or short the sound is

Pitch- the notes going up and down

Timbre- the unique sounds quality of an instrument or sound

Meter- the number of beats in a bar

Harmony-  the instrument that support the melody chorus

Melody - a series of pitches that make a tune

 

How do music concepts and related experience relate to life skills ,mathematics and language education

As a foundation phase teacher I was introduced to music concepts that I have to use when teaching music in class such tempo, texture and others. Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readliness including intellectual, social, emotional, motor language and overall literacy .Music help the body and mind to work together. Exposing children to music during early development helps them learn the sounds and meanings of words.

 Life skills and mathematics play a big role in music, as they both use the same music elements .Music can help leaners with addition and subtraction in mathematics. Each note in music get a different number of beats and can be used in a simple math problem. The connection between math and music is that they both use patterns. Music elements such as beat and rhythm can be used when teaching math  such as sequence and counting patterns .So both life skills and mathematics relate when comes to teaching children  music.