Musical Elements

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GCSE Music (Descriptive) Mind Map on Musical Elements, created by lizzie.jesson on 03/04/2014.
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Musical Elements
  1. TEMPO
    1. allegro
      1. moderato
        1. adaigo
          1. accelerando
            1. rit
            2. PITCH
              1. high
                1. low
                  1. what's it representing?
                  2. TEXTURE
                    1. thick
                      1. thin
                        1. chords
                          1. melody
                            1. polyphonic

                              Annotations:

                              • NUMEROUS VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS
                              1. unison
                                1. octaves
                                2. TIMBRE
                                  1. what instruments can you hear?
                                    1. why has the composer used them?
                                    2. DYNAMICS
                                      1. loud
                                        1. forte
                                        2. quiet
                                          1. piano
                                          2. crescendo
                                            1. getting louder
                                            2. diminuendo
                                              1. getting quieter
                                              2. accents
                                              3. DURATION AND RHYTHM
                                                1. syncopated
                                                  1. dotted
                                                    1. continuous quavers,
                                                      1. long
                                                        1. sustained notes
                                                        2. ARTICULATION
                                                          1. stacatto
                                                            1. short detached notes
                                                            2. legato
                                                              1. long smooth notes
                                                              2. accents
                                                                1. slurrs
                                                                2. MELODY
                                                                  1. small range of notes
                                                                    1. chromatic
                                                                      1. large range of notes
                                                                        1. rising
                                                                          1. falling
                                                                            1. does it leap around?
                                                                            2. TONALITY
                                                                              1. major
                                                                                1. happy, lively
                                                                                2. minor
                                                                                  1. sad, blue
                                                                                  2. atonal
                                                                                    1. no key
                                                                                  3. HARMONY
                                                                                    1. dischords
                                                                                      1. notes that clash
                                                                                      2. concords
                                                                                        1. notes that work well
                                                                                          1. sound nice together
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