Concepts:

Duration

Duration refers to the lengths of sound and silences in music and includes the aspects of beat, rhythm, metre, tempo, pulse rates and absence of pulse.

Pitch

Pitch refers to teh relative highness and lowness of sounds. Important aspects include high, low, higher and lower pitch, direction of pitch movement, melody, harmony, indefinite and definate pitch.

Texture

As texture is the result of teh way voices and/or instruments are combined in music, students should be able to disctiminate between different layers of sound and types of texture, and the ways it is created and used.

Dynamics and expressive techniques.

Dynamics refer to the volume of sound. Important aspects include the relative softness and loudness f sound, change of loudness (contrast), and the emphasis on individual sounds( accent). Expressive Techniques refers to the musical detail that articulates a style or interpretation of a style.

Tone Colour

Tone colour refers to the aspect of sound that allows the listener to identify the sound source of combination of source sound.

Structure

Structure refers to the idea of design or form in music. In organising sound, the elements of duration, dynamics, pitch and tone colour are combined in some way for a particular purpose. Unity and variety are produced by the use of repetition and contrast. Structure, therefore relates to the way in which music sounds the same (or similar) and/or different.