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For example, basic music theory defines the elements that form harmony, melody, and rhythm. It identifies compositional elements such as song form, tempo, notes, chords, key signatures, intervals, scales, and more. It also recognizes musical qualities such as pitch, tone, timbre, texture, dynamics, and others.

: becoming faster, as if excited. used as a direction in music.

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

with affection and tenderness Definition of 'affettuoso' 1. with affection and tenderness (a musical direction) noun. 2. a composition or movement of gentle, tender character.

2. Music theory fundamentals

• 2.1 Rhythm. Rhythm is the repeated pattern of movement in sound.
• 2.2 Melody. Melody is the group of notes or series of pitches (with proper placement of silence) that form the tune, the most basic building blocks of song making.
• 2.3 Harmony.

Music is made up of three fundamental parts; Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm. Melody is a sequence of single musical notes arranged to please (or upset) the listener. Depending on their structure, melodies can feel happy, sad, angry, foreboding, dark, bright, goofy, or triumphant.

in a very lively or vivacious manner : in a very lively or vivacious manner. used as a direction in music.

with a quickening pace [Italian] A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition with a quickening pace.

So next time you are listening to a piece of music, try to separate out the parts and listen to how each of the Elements of Music are being used. Listen for the Dynamics, Form, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Texture, Timbre and Tonality. You might even want to start keeping a listening journal of the music you hear.

Key Musical Terms

mysterious Misterioso means mysterious in the Italian language, and in the context of written music, is an instruction to the performer to play the music in a mysterious mood.

A working definition of music for our purposes might be as follows: music is an intentionally organized art form whose medium is sound and silence, with core elements of pitch (melody and harmony), rhythm (meter, tempo, and articulation), dynamics, and the qualities of timbre and texture.