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Understanding Music Elements: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony

The document defines four elements of music: rhythm as the patterned movement of music through time defined by time signatures; melody as a tune made of mode, rhythm and pitches; harmony as notes sounded together to form chords; and texture referring to the vertical structure or layering of voices in a composition.

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Understanding Music Elements: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony

The document defines four elements of music: rhythm as the patterned movement of music through time defined by time signatures; melody as a tune made of mode, rhythm and pitches; harmony as notes sounded together to form chords; and texture referring to the vertical structure or layering of voices in a composition.

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AKA Reading musical notes

Elements of music
 Rhythm

 Melody

 Harmony

 Texture
Rhythm
 The subdivision of a space of time into a
defined, repeated pattern. Rhythm is the
controlled movement of music in time. It
may be defined as the division of music into
regular metric portions; the regular
pulsation of music
Types of time signatures
4 3
4 4
Melody
 A tune; a succession of tones comprised
of mode, rhythm, and pitches so arranged as
to achieve musical shape.
Harmony
 The combination of notes sounded
simultaneously to produce chords.
Texture
 Term which refers to the vertical structure of
a composition. That is to say, how
many parts or voices there are, what the
configuration (close, open, etc.) of
the voices happens to be, how
the voices interact, etc.

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