1. Give at least 10 definition of music.

Music is an organized sound.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time. -W. H. Auden
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge
which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. -Ludwig Van
Beethoven
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. -Claude Debussy
Music is wanted sound. -Larry Austin (composer)
Music is the organization of sound and time. -Elliott Schwartz (composer)
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune. -Thomas Fuller
. Music is a kind of counting performed by the mind without knowing that it is
counting. -G. W. Leibniz
Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. -Jean Paul
2. What are the elements of music?
Rhythm is the element of TIME in music.
Beat is an individual stroke of measured time; the steady pulse of a song.
Beats are rhythmically organized by the time signature, and given speed by
the tempo.
Measure is the section of a staff that comes between two barlines.
Pattern is a combination of sounds and silences of the same or different
lengths.
Tempo is the speed at which a piece is performed.
Accent is an emphasis placed on a particular note, either as a result of its
context
Phrase is a division of a composition
Intensity describes how loud or soft a particular sound is.
Syncopation is a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the
normally unaccented beats.
Pitch- is an auditory sensation in which a listener assigns musical tones to relative
positions on a musical scale based primarily on the frequency of vibration.
Melody- is a series of musical notes arranged in succession, in a particular
rhythmic pattern, to form a recognizable unit.
Timbre- is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different
types of sound production.
Dynamics- refers to the volume of a sound or note
Texture is the way the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic materials are combined in a
composition.
Monophonic texture includes a single melodic line with no accompaniment.
Biphonic has two distinct lines, the lower sustaining a drone (constant pitch)
while the other line creates a more elaborate melody above it.
Polyphonic or Counterpoint- multiple melodic voices which are to a
considerable extent independent from or in imitation with one another.
Homophonic is the most common texture in Western music: melody and
accompaniment. Multiple voices of which one, the melody, stands out
prominently and the others form a background of harmonic accompaniment.
Homorhythmic- multiple voices with similar rhythmic material in all parts. Also
known as "chordal". May be considered a condition of homophony or
distinguished from it.
Heterophonic- Two or more voices simultaneously performing variations of
the same melody.
3. Compile a minimum of 50 symbols and signs with names and definitions or functions.
Staff
The staff is the fundamental latticework of music notation, upon which symbols
are placed.

Bar line
Used to separate measures (see time signatures below for an explanation
of measures). Also used for changes in time signature. Bar lines are extended
to connect multiple staves in certain types of music, such as keyboard, harp,
and conductor scores, but are omitted for other types of music, such as vocal
scores.
Double bar line, Double barline
Used to separate two sections of music or placed before a change in key
signature.
Bold double bar line, Bold double barline
Used to indicate the conclusion of a movement or an entire composition.

G clef (Treble clef)

The centre of the spiral defines the line or space upon which it rests as the
pitch G above middle C, or approximately 392 Hz. Positioned here, it assigns G
above middle C to the second line from the bottom of the staff, and is referred
to as the "treble clef." This is the most commonly encountered clef in modern
notation, and is used for most modern vocal music. Middle C is the first ledger
line below the staff here. The shape of the clef comes from a stylised uppercase-G.
C clef (Alto clef and Tenor clef)
This clef points to the line (or space, rarely) representing middle C, or
approximately 262 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the center line on the
staff middle C, and is referred to as the "alto clef." This clef is used in modern
notation for the viola. While all clefs can be placed anywhere on the staff to
indicate various tessitura, the C clef is most often considered a "movable" clef:
it is frequently seen pointing instead to the fourth line and called a "tenor clef".
This clef is used very often in music written for bassoon, cello, trombone,
and double bass; it replaces the bass clef when the number of ledger lines
above the bass staff hinders easy reading.
C clefs were used in vocal music of the classical era and earlier; however, their
usage in vocal music has been supplanted by the universal use of the treble
and bass clefs. Modern editions of music from such periods generally transpose
the original C clef parts to either treble (female voices), octave treble (tenors),
or bass clef (tenors and basses).

F clef (Bass clef)

The line or space between the dots in this clef denotes F below middle C, or
approximately 175 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the second line from the top of the
staff F below middle C, and is called a "bass clef." This clef appears nearly as often
as the treble clef, especially in choral music, where it represents the bass and
baritone voices. Middle C is the first ledger line above the staff here. In old music,
particularly vocal scores, this clef is sometimes encountered centered on the third
staff line, in which position it is referred to as a baritone clef; this usage has
essentially become obsolete. The shape of the clef comes from a stylised uppercase-F (which used to be written the reverse of the modern F)

Semibreve / Whole note- is a note represented by a hollow oval note head, like
a half note (or minim), and no note stem. Its length is equal to four beats in
4/4 time.

Minim / Half note

is a note played for half the duration of a whole note (or semibreve) and twice the
duration of a quarter note. The half note is two beats long.

Crotchet / Quarter note

Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight,
flagless stem. They are played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note
Quaver / Eighth note
Eighth Notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note
stem with one flag note flag. They are played for one eighth the duration of
whole note.
Semiquaver / Sixteenth note
Sixteenth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note
stemwith two flags. It is a note played for 1/16th the duration of a whole
note.
Beamed notes
Beams connect eighth notes (quavers) and notes of shorter value, and are
equivalent in value to flags. In metered music, beams reflect the rhythmic
grouping of notes. They may also be used to group short phrases of notes of the
same value, regardless of the meter; this is more common in ametrical passages.
Dotted note
Placing a dot to the right of a notehead lengthens the note's duration by
one-half. Additional dots lengthen the previous dot instead of the
original note, thus a note with one dot is one and one half its original
value, a note with two dots is one and three quarters, a note with three
dots is one and seven eighths, and so on. Rests can be dotted in the
same manner as notes.
Breath mark
In a score, this symbol tells the performer or
singer to take a breath (or make a slight pause
for non-wind instruments). This pause usually
does not affect the overall tempo. For bowed
instruments, it indicates to lift the bow and play
the next note with a downward (or upward, if
marked) bow.
Flat
Lowers the pitch of a note by one