Music Concepts: Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Form, Slides of Music

Download Music Concepts: Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Form and more Slides Music in PDF only on Docsity! Music 7-9 curriculuM guide interiM edition Appendices 622 Appendix H Musical Concepts Music 7-9 curriculuM guide interiM edition Appendices 623 Musical Concepts Musical Concepts Music is patterns of melody, rhythm, harmony, tempo/dynamics, and timbre combined to create repetition, variation and contrast. We use these patterns to create music and we respond emotionally and intellectually to our perceptions and interpretations of these patterns of music. Duration Beat - Music often has an underlying, recurring beat. Accent - Beats may be accented or unaccented. Accented beats may occur at regular or irregular intervals. Rhythm - Sounds may be long or short. Syncopation - Rhythmic and melodic accents may or may not coincide with metric accents. Rests - Music moves in time in longer and shorter durations which are often grouped together and which are punctuated by silences. Metre - Metre is the organization and measurement of accented and unaccented beats in groups. These groups may be composed of two beats, three beats, or multiples or combinations of two’s and three’s. Simple and Compound Meter - Each beat may be divided into two, three or more subdivisions. Polymeter - Two or more different rhythms or meters may occur simultaneously. Melody Sound - Sounds are produced by vibration which may be regular or irregular. Regular vibrations have definite pitch. Contour - Successive pitches may move higher or lower or stay the same. Phrases - Successive pitches may be organized in patterns, which may be combined to create phrases and melodies. Ostinato - A repeated rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic pattern may serve as the accompaniment to a musical work.