Week 6-7 Unit Learning Outcome (ULO):

By the end of this unit, you are expected to:

A. Discuss the elements of music;
B. Demonstrate the elements and
essential parts of the dance;
C. Evaluate Elements of Theatre Arts

Big Picture in Focus: ULO A –Discuss the elements of music

This is our today’s topic.
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Welcome to
Week 6

Musical Arts
 What is music?

 Music is the first of the performance arts. Like all the

performance arts, music is a time bounded experience.
 Music is annotated in a written score is not music until it
is performed. It exists within the duration of the
performance.
 Music can be vocal, instrumental, or both. Pure
instrumental music is played solo with an instrument such
as winds, strings, piano or bras, or as a group of two
(duet), three (trio) or four (quartet), and so forth until a
full orchestra for instrumental music.
Music can be analyzed by considering a variety of its elements, or
parts, individually or together. A commonly used list of the main
elements includes pitch, timbre, texture, volume, duration and form.
The elements of music may be compared to the elements of art or
design.
 These terms are defined for you to have better understand the concepts and
ideas, particularly about Musical Arts.
Elements of music  
So, let us have the definition of terms here:
 A. Rhythm – the time element of music; it is made up of beat, which is the
structural rhythmic or repetitive pulse of the music.
 B. Tempo – The speed of a beat and duration is a measure of how long a
sound lasts. The length may also refer to the silence between sounds.
 C. Meter – refers to compromise beats organized in recurring patterns of
accent.
A conductor indicates meter through hand gestures.
 Continuation
D. Rubato - is making subtle changes in tempo, freely and expressively.
The technique, commonly encountered in the music of the Romantic Era, is also
used in K-Pop, when the band goes into a slow solo segment in between the
lively rock of the song. Dynamics – refers to the relative loudness or softness of a
sound.
E. Harmony – the pitch is used to describe a musical sound as high or low. The
linear presentation of pitch is melody.
F. Melody – In music, there is a melody that becomes the bias for a longer
musical work. Melodies may be created from various scales or families of pitches
like the minor and major scales of tonal music.
G. Harmony – Has to do with melodies sung together at different pitches.
Harmony is also known as singing in parts, which puts together a different pitch
to form a cord. The notes are played together with blocks.
H. Timbre or Tone Color – Refers to the uniqueness of sound produced by an
instrument or the human voice because of the characteristic patterns of
overtones.
I. Texture – Texture refers to the number of individual
melodies and their harmony with one another. Melodies are
musical lines that do not refer to a single performer.
J. Monophony – (one sound) music consisting of a single line
or melody without an accompaniment
K .Homophony – (same sound) music concentrated on one
voice or part with secondary accompaniment and/or voice.
L.Polyphony – (many sounds) music employing multiple parts,
each keeping its distinctiveness.
A Musicologist- is an expert who studies the history of music in the distant past,
and much of what we know about music today is through other art forms, music
has little antiquity left, so there is a need to study them.
Another understanding of musicologist is
a person who studies musicology (= the history, theory, and science of music
):

Examples of Musicologist


 John Milton Cage Jr.

 Sept.5, 1912 – August 12,19192
 American Composer
 Johann Sebastian Bach
Mar 28, 2018 - Johann Sebastian Bach
 is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers
and some shorter works with Latin texts;
the St. Matthew and St. John Passions; ...
2000–2015, is a huge multivolume project,
jam-packed with information. ...
Buddhist Music · Buxtehude, Dieterich · Byrd, William
· Cage, John
Let us have the examples of our own
Filipino Musicologist
 Jose Maceda 
was professor emeritus at the University of
the Philippines (UP) and a specialist in both Indonesian
and Filipino music. He taught piano and ethnomusicology at
the UP College of Music from 1952 to 1990. He died on May
5, 2004 at the age of 87
   Ryan Cayabyab
A true champion of Original Pilipino Music (OPM), Ryan Cayabyab is set to receive
the highest national award for Filipino artists. After finishing his Bachelor's degree
in University of the Philippines College of Music, Cayabyab then pursued teaching
and became a full-time professor at his alma mater.
 
THANK YOU and Good Day Everyone