The Elements of Music

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The Elements of Music
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The Elements of Music

• Music is made up of many different things called
  ELEMENTS
• They are the building blocks of music.
• When you compose a piece of music you use the
  elements of music to build it.
• If the piece of music is to sound right then you
  have to use the elements correctly

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• DURATION
• The length of each sound long and short
• DYNAMICS
• The loudness or quietness of the music.
• PITCH
• The highness or lowness of the sound.
• TEXTURE
• The number of different lines of music thick
  and thin.
• TEMPO
• The speed of the music fast and slow.
• TIMBRE
• The tone sound of the instruments gut, wood,
  reed, skin, metal