Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Bohol

(MUSIC)

FIRST QUARTER

Quarter : 1 Week : 1 Day : 1 Activity No. : 1

Competency: : Describes the musical characteristics of representative music selections from
the lowlands of Luzon after listening. MU7LU-IA-1
Objective : Identify the characteristics of the different musical elements.
Topic : Elements of Music
Materials : Laptop/Netbook
Reference : LM, Music and Arts 7 Department of Education
Bibliography
Almanac.com. n.d. hhtp.
Siobal, Lourdes R., Capulong, Ma. Honeylet A., Rosenberger, Ledda G.,
Santos, Jeff Foreene M., Mendoza, Jenny C., Samoy, Cherry Joy P., Roxas,
Rabboni C., Aldeguer-Roxas, Johanna Samantha T. Music and Arts 7. Pasig:
Department of Education-Bureau of Learning Resources, 2017.
Copyrights : For classroom use only, Department of Education

Concept Notes

Elements of Music:

• Rhythm - is the regular repeated pattern of sounds. It serves as the pulse of the musical
composition. This element has three components: beat, tempo and meter.
• Tempo - is the speed of the beat. Every music has its own speed which depends on the
mood of the whole music. Most happy tunes are fast while sad music is relatively slow.
• Meter - which composes of time signature is the combination of strong beats (accent)
and weak beats.
• Dynamics - about the softness and loudness of the music. This can be gradual
(crescendo -loud and decrescendo-soft) or sudden / abrupt.
• Melody - It is the organized sequence (horizontal) of single notes. In other words, it is
the main tune of the musical piece. It is what you hear and what retains in your head. It
has two types, the conjunct and the disjunct.
• Pitch – the highness or lowness of a sound produced.
• Texture - is all about the thickness of the sound. Monophonic texture means there is
only one melody or tune playing. In homophonic texture, a single melody is present with
an accompaniment of an instrument or several instruments. In polyphonic texture, two or
more melodic contours or lines are playing simultaneously.
• Timbre - is the quality of sound you hear. Soprano is a female high voice while alto is
for low. Tenor is for high male voice and ass to for low.
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Activity 1: Describe the musical elements that best describe the event or situation below.
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

_________ 1. Regine Velasquez is a female Philippines artist with high quality of voice.
_________ 2. The loud explosion of the bomb during the war ruins the buildings.
_________ 3. The mother of Sarah so mad at her, but she talk at a very low voice to her.
_________ 4. During my birthday celebration, everyone sing the Happy Birthday song fast
and lively.
_________ 5. Singing Bahay Kubo with a guitar makes the song more lovely and interesting.
_________ 6. The National Anthem Lupang Hinirang is in a four four time signature.
_________ 7. A person can easily hum the Paruparong Bukid song because of its organized
sequence of notes.
_________ 8. Jude nodding his head and stamping his feet white listening the beat of music.
_________ 9. Loboc Childrens Choir sings simultaneously in different voices during the choir
contest.
_________ 10. The bell rung so soft that cannot be heard by the community in times of
emergency.
Activity 2. Sing the song written below and analyze its musical characteristics by answering the
questions:
PAKITONG-KITONG
Tong, tong, tong, pakitong-kitong
Alimango sa suba, gibantug nga dili makuha
Ako ray makakuha, ako ray makasuwa.
(repeat 2x)

1. How will you describe the melody of the song? Happy or sad? Energetic or boring?

2. What about the tempo? Is it fast or slow?

3. When you sing it without the accompaniment, how do you describe its texture?

4. How will you sing the song with dynamics? Please describe.
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Department of Education
Division of Bohol