The top number is the number of beats per measure, while the bottom note suggests the type of beat used (quarter note, eighth note). Additionally, the meter forms a song’s time signature, which you’ll see indicated by fractions like 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8. Things like duplets, triplets, and quadruples are aspects of the meter. Meter is the arrangement of beats in a song (or the pattern). Tempo has a profound impact on music feel. A song at 60 bpm sounds relaxing, while a song at 180 bpm sounds energetic. BPM is a measurement of tempo or the overall speed of the music. People often use beat and rhythm interchangeably, but beat is a component of rhythm along with tempo and meter.īeat refers to the individual “heartbeats” of a song, and BPM (beats per minute) tells you how quickly or slowly the piece moves. Rhythm is merely the “patterned recurrence of a beat” (all definitions courtesy of Dictionary.Com). The most straightforward element of music, rhythm, is what you get when you tap your finger out of boredom. The best part is that they take mere minutes to wrap your head around. Knowing what these give us a better understanding of music than the average person. What are the seven elements of music? They are rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, texture, form, and dynamics. So whenever we get an opportunity to explain the elements of music as candidly as possible, we take that opportunity. Unless you explain why those things are significant, why they contribute to the artist’s vision or the listener’s experience, they are meaningless facts.Music is an irreplaceable form of expression and entertainment. Eg: The key is G, the melody notes are from G major, it is in 4/4, The tempo is 130bpm. Don’t fall into the trap of simply making lists of musical facts. Unfortunately, a list of observations about the musical elements isn’t an essay. These opinions will be the basis for your evaluations. By the time you’ve written notes on all the elements, you will have listened to the music heaps of times and will have hopefully started to form more complex opinions.
Then listen again focusing on a different musical element. A good method is to pick one musical element (pitch for instance) and listen to the entire song focusing on just that. That means you need to know what you’re looking for before you begin listening. In order to deconstruct the music, you need to listen actively. That’s fine, but it won’t help you write an essay. We’re not listening for anything in particular, just enjoying it. In other words, we’re just letting the music soak in slowly the more often we hear it. Usually when we listen to music, we listen passively. Tonal features that belong to particular genres and styles.Electronic altering of tone using EQ, effects, pedals etc.Different tonal techniques used on an instrument (muting, fingertips, picks, bowing, scratching, tapping).The way particular instruments or voices sound.Textural features that belong to a particular genre and style.Musical textures such as monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic,.The way an instrument’s tone affects it’s timbre (distorted vs clean guitar).The way a recording has been mixed using effects such as reverb and delay.Structural features that belong to particular genres and styles.The design of particular musical works such as rock opera or musicals.Well known forms such as 12 bar blues, verse and chorus, through composed, theme and variation.Treatment of material such as samples and sequencing.Repetition, variety, contrast, development or unification.
Intro, Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Bridge, Middle eight, Collision, Instrumental solo, Ad lib, AABA form, Theme and Variation, Compound AABA form (A1, A2, B1, A3 etc.).STRUCTURE is all about sections of the music. Harmonic features that belong to particular genres and styles.Tension and resolution, consonance and dissonance.Diatonic tonality such as major, minor and dominant.Chords such as triads, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths or 13ths.HARMONY is all about the vertical arrangement of sound. Melodic features that belong with particular genres and styles.Pitch bends, slides or electronic pitch adjustment.Patterns such as phrases, riffs, sequences, motifs.A sequence of single notes (sung or played).MELODY is all about the horizontal arrangement of sound. Dynamic features that belong with particular genres and styles.Use of technology to control dynamics (compression, automation).Changes in volume sudden (block dynamics) and gradual (crescendo, decrescendo).The volume of individual notes or even whole songs.Rhythmic features that belong with particular genres and stylesĭYNAMICS is all about volume (loud/soft).The length of individual notes or even whole songs.
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