GCSE Home Economics: Food and Nutrition (CCEA) - BBC Bitesize

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Elements of music

Tempo : overall speed up the music : fast/slow

Duration  : length of the notes : long/short

Pitch : high/low

Dynamics : the volume of the sound : quiet/loud   Piano(softly) / forte(loud)

Timbre : quality of a musical note : metallic/wooden/plastic/piano/forte

Tonality: major/minor/atonal

Texture : number of layers : thick/thin

Structure: how the music is put together .eg. ABACDAB

Articulation: How the music is performed : staccato(spiky) / regato(smooth)

Tempo + duration = rythm

Tempo + duration + pitch = melody (tune)

Instrumental families

Brass

eg, French horn(the swirly one), Trombone(sliding one), Trumpet(long one),

• buzzing sound with mouth against the mouth piece