MUSIC- WHAKATANGITANGI (Elements)

                   ELEMENTS OF MUSIC

(Ministry of Education NZ Curriculum Document)

The key ingredients of music are:


Beat - is the underlying pulse in most music; basic unit of timing or rhythm.

Rhythm - the movement of music in time.

Pitch - highness or lowness of sound.

Tempo - the speed of a beat in a piece of music.

Tone colour or

Timbre - quality of sound, characteristic sound of a particular instrument or voice. 

Dynamics - the loudness and softness of music.

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