ELEMENTS OF DANCE (BASTE)

BODY Example: when dancers use non-

locomotor movements
 body parts
 general space – (an area or space available;
 shape – a frozen pose
the space within our boundary)
ACTION Example: when dancers use locomotor
movements
 movement
 locomotor (the body is move in one direction, Parts of space:
or a combination of directions, from one
 LEVEL – position of body can be low,
place to another)
medium, high
 non locomotor (any movement that does not
 DIRECTION – forward, backward, sideways
travel, but uses space in any direction or
 FOCUS – direction of gaze
movement organized around axis of the
body) TIME
Example of axial movement: stretching,
bending, twisting, and swinging  Tempo – fast, medium, slow

SPACE ENERGY

 personal space – (a space for your own)  Quality of movements

ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
TIMBRE

 The unique sound quality of instruments or sound

 The quality or character of a sound or voice

RHYTHM (short, long sound)

 Regular repeated pattern of beats, sounds

 Pattern of different long and short sounds
 Meter – refers to the unit of time that is made up of beats
 Tempo – describes how fast or slow the music is
 Rhythm patter- is the combination of notes and rest

MELODY
 The series of pitches that makes a tune
 Pitch – how high or low a note sounds

HARMONY
 The sound of 2 or more notes heard simultaneously
TEXTURE (thin or thickness)

 The number of instruments or musical voice performing in a given piece

 Is the layer of sound that describes how sparse or dense the music is
 MONOPHONIC – is a musical texture which only uses a single layer of melody (one melody but can
be sang by many)
 HOMOPHONIC – a musical texture that consist of one line of melody accompanied by chords or
harmony
 POLYPHONIC – consist of 2 or more independent melodies sing or played together and heard
simultaneously

FORM (you can use one or more melodies)

 Structure, organization, designs of a musical piece

 Is the order or arrangement of the parts of the music

UNITARY FORM (only one melody) STROPHIC (same melody – different lyrics)

 Has only 1 section  Same melody for all the stanza or verse only
 Short song and has only 1 verse the words or the lyric change
1 verse – 1 melody  Has 2 or more sections that use the same
Example: happy birthday tune
A A1 A11
Example: bahay kubo

BINARY

 Made up of 2 sections TERNARY

 A B (opposite)
 Made up of 3 sections DYNAMICS
Example: row-row-row
 ABA (repeating a melody)
your boat  From loud to soft or soft to
 ABC (different melodies)-
loud
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