ART MUSICAL EXPRESSIONS

 The expression or application of human creative skill and TEMPO

imagination. Speed (fastness/slowness)
 The process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a
DYNAMICS
way that appeals to intellect, sense, or emotion.
Volume (loudness/softness of the music)
MUSIC
 Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way Fff.fortissisimo
as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of
Crescendo
emotion.
 An expression of emotions through harmonic frequencies. Accelerando
 Audible form of art
Retardando
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
MELODY Metronome – device that measures speed
Heart of the musical composition

Tune of the music

Can be: descending, ascending, repetitive

Example: “Joy to the World”

TEXTURE
Describes the surface

Layers of sound

Monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic

RHYTHM
Flow of the song

Long/short

TIMBER/ TONE COLOR

The quality of the sound produced

It is what makes a particular sound have a different sound from

another

Instruments used: strings, woodwind, brass, percussion

MUSIC FORM
a) Through composed form A A A form – strophic
b) Binary – A B form
c) Tertiary – A B A form
d) Fugue
e) Theme and variation

ORCHESTRA
A broad term for any ensemble featuring a heft line up of strings
(violin, viola, cello, etc.)
CHAMBER SYMPHONY
small Big

SYMPHONIC
Absence of string section

FOUR SECTIONS OF THE ORCHESTRA

STRINGS WOODWIND BRASS PERCUSSION
SOPRANO Violin Flute
ALTO Viola Clarinet
TENOR Cello Obo
BRASS Double bass bason