Elements of Music

Duration - /
Beat or Pulse
-Steady beat / No beat

-Strong / Weak /
Meter -
-Duple/Triple/Compound

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Tempo -
-Fast/Slow/Changing / / Accel./Rit.
Rhythm -
-Long/Short notes&rests

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-Even/uneven pattern /
-Rhythmic ostinato : repeated rhythm patterns
Pitch and Melody
-High/Low /
-Up/Down ward movement /
-Glissando
-Ascending/Descending melodic pattern /
-Step/Skip/Repeated notes
-Tonality :Major/Minor or Keys
-Melodic Ostinato
Timbre - Orchestral
-String/Brass/Woodwind/Percussion

Expressive Controls
-Dynamic
-Tempo
-Articulation Staccato/Legato
Harmony/Texture
-Thick/Thin /
-Monophonic
-Polyphonic
-Heterophony
-Homophony
-Consonant/Dissonant
Form
-Repetition/Contrast

-Section/Phrases
-Unity
-Introduction/Verse/Chorus
-Round/Canon
-Binary AB/Ternary ABA/Rondo
-Theme and Variation

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