ART

APPRECIATION:
MUSIC
John Edcel Verdejo, LPT
MUSIC
• It is literally defined as the art of
organizing sound to elicit an aesthetic
response in a listener.
• Franz Liszt defines it as the language of
the heart
PROPERTIES OF
MUSIC
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PROPERTIES OF MUSIC
• Pitch – highness or lowness of tone
• Duration – Longness or shortness of tone
• Volume – loudness or softness of tone
• Timbre or tone color – individual quality
of the musical sound
THE SEVEN
CLASSES OF
VOICES
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THE SEVEN CLASSES OF VOICES

• Coloratura Soprano – Highest female register
• Soprano – High register female voice
• Mezzo-soprano – medium register female voice
• Alto or Contralto – low register female voice
• Tenor – High register male voice
• Baritone – medium register male voice
• Bass – low register male voice
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ELEMENTS OF
MUSIC
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ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
• Duration – refers to the continuance of time
wherein a sound can be made to last for a longer
or shorter period of time.
• Pitch – it means the location of tone in the
musical scale in relation to high or low.
• Melody – it consists of a series of pitches and
durations. It displays an overall balance between
ascending and descending motion
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ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
• Harmony – It is simultaneous sounding of two or
more tones like when a singer accompanies his
melody with guitar or a piano.
• Timbre – it enables the listener to distinguish one
sound from another or one instrument from
another.
• Dynamics – it refers to force or percussive
effects: degrees of loud and soft. Forte means
loud; piano means soft.
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ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
• Texture – refers to the number of tones we are asked to
comprehend simultaneously.
• Form – is also called structure which is necessary to a
work.
• Color – it is the result of the difference in timbre in the
various instruments and voices
• Style – it reflects the composer’s personal idiom which
differentiates his work from that of others; he also
reflects the style of the period in which he lives.
THANK YOU
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1. It refers to the continuance of time wherein a sound can be made

to last for a longer or shorter period of time.
2. It is simultaneous sounding of two or more tones like when a
singer accompanies his melody with guitar or a piano.
3. It consists of a series of pitches and durations. It displays an
overall balance between ascending and descending motion
4. It is the highness or lowness of tone
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5. It enables the listener to distinguish one sound

from another or one instrument from another.
6. It refers to force or percussive effects: degrees of
loud and soft.
7. It is the high register female voice.
8. It is the low register female voice
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9. It is the result of the difference in timbre

in the various instruments and voices
10. It reflects the composer’s personal idiom
which differentiates his work from that of
others
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11-15. Define music using your

own words. Minimum of 3
sentences.