APPLICATION OF

ELEMENTS OF
MUSIC IN
APPRECIATING
MUSIC LESSONS IN
MAPEH
How about using the following Elements of
Music?
*RHYTHM
*DYNAMICS
*MELODY
*HARMONY
*TIMBRE OR TONE COLOR
*TEXTURE
*FORMS
 THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Because music is a multi-
dimensional, multimedia
phenomenon, the design
of a musical composition
can be described on
several levels.
 THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
The “Elements of Music” described
below offer you specific terms and
concepts that will help you better
understand and describe any
kind/style of music.
 RHYTHM
Rhythm is the element of "TIME"
in music. When you tap your foot
to the music, you are "keeping
the beat" or following the
structural rhythmic pulse of the
music.
RHYTHM
There are several important
aspects of rhythm:
• DURATION: how long a
sound (or silence) lasts.
• TEMPO: the speed of
the BEAT.
 METER:
Beats organized into recognizable /
• recurring accent patterns.
Meter can be seen/felt through the
standard patterns used by
conductors.
It is also known as TIME SIGNATURE
 DYNAMICS
The relative loudness or
quietness of music fall under
the general element of
dynamics.
DYNAMICS
 DYNAMICS
In Classical music the terms used to describe dynamic levels
are often in Italian:

pianissimo [pp] = (very quiet)

piano [p] = (quiet)
mezzo-piano [mp] = (moderately quiet)
mezzo-forte [mf ] = (moderately loud)
forte [f ] = (loud)
fortissimo [ff ] = (very loud)
CRESENDO-Gradual increase of loudness.
DECRESENDO-gradual decrease of loudness.
 MELODY
It is the element that focuses on the
HORIZONTAL presentation of Pitch.
• PITCH: the highness or lowness of a
musical sound
• MELODY: a linear series of pitches
MELODY
 MELODY
• Melodies can be derived from various
SCALES (families of pitches) such as
the traditional major and minor scales
Melodies can be described as:
• CONJUNCT (smooth; easy to sing or
play)
• DISJUNCT (disjointedly ragged or
jumpy; difficult to sing or play).
MELODY
 HARMONY
It is the VERTICALIZATION of pitch.
Most often harmony is thought of as
the art of combining pitches into
chords (several notes played
simultaneously as a "block"). These
chords are then arranged into
sentence-like patterns called
progressions.
HARMONY
 HARMONY
Harmony is often described in terms of its
relative HARSHNESS:

• DISSONANCE: a harsh-sounding harmonic

combination
• CONSONANCE: a smooth-sounding
harmonic combination
HARMONY
 TIMBRE

Timbre is the characteristic

tone quality of an
instrument or voice.
 TIMBRE
VOICE/ VOCALS
• the sound produced in a person's larynx and
uttered through the mouth, as speech or
song
TYPES OF VOICES
-BASS
-TENOR
-ALTO
SOPRANO
 TIMBRE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Classification of Musical Instruments

Idiophones - Musical instruments in

which a vibrating solid material is used
to produce sound. Examples of solid
materials used in such instruments are
stone, wood and metal.
 TIMBRE
Idiophones
 TIMBRE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Classification of Musical Instruments

Membranophones - Musical
instruments that have vibrating
stretched membranes or skin that
produce sound.
 TIMBRE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Classification of Musical Instruments

Aerophones - Music
instruments which produce
sound by a vibrating mass of air.
 TIMBRE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Classification of Musical Instruments

Chordophones - Music
instruments that produce
sound by means of a stretched
vibrating string.
 TEXTURE
It refers to the number of
individual musical lines (melodies)
and the relationship these lines
have to one another.
 TEXTURE
• Monophonic texture:
(One sound) music
consisting of a single
line or melody without
an accompaniment.
 TEXTURE
• Homophonic texture:
(same sound) – Music
concentrated on one voice
or part with a secondary
accompaniment and/or
voice.
 TEXTURE
• Polyphonic texture: (many
sound) – Music employing
multiple parts each
keeping its own
distinctiveness.
DIAGRAM OF HOMOPHONIC TEXTURE
Polyphonic texture:
Music with two or more independent melodies sounding at the same time.

(The more different the melodies are from one another, the more polyphonic the
texture.)
Describe the following elements of music of the listed musical piece.
MUSICAL RHYTHM DYNAMICS MELODY HARMONY TIMBRE TEXTURE
PIECE Slow Soft Conjunct Consonance Vocals Mono
Moderate Dissonance
Moderate Disjunct Instrumen Homo
Fast Loud tals Poly
Acc Retar Cres- Both V-I
Decre

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