Transcript The Basic Elements of Music

The Basic Elements of
Music
By: Permata Ardy Almatsir
Scales
 There are two types of scales which
are the major and the minor scale.
 To play the scales all we have to do is
just play the piano any other
instrument
Tempo
 The basic tempo that should be known in the basic elements of
music are:
 Allegro: Lively, Fast
 Allegretto: A little slower and less lively that allegro
 Lento: Slow
 Adagio: Slow
 Andante: At a walking speed - not to fast not to slow
 Cantabile: In a singing style
 Moderato: Playing at a moderate speed
A tempo is determined by using a metronome, a metronome is a musical
beating device used so that people could find out what beat they are playing
at.
The beats in a song is mostly shown like (crotchet):120 that means that 120
crotchet beats/minute
Time Values
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Time Signatures
 Time signatures
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Dynamics
 There are a lot of dynamics in the musical world
but the basics of the dynamics are…
 Forte(f): Loud
 Mezzo Forte(mf): Moderately loud
 Piano(p): Soft
 Mezzo Piano(mp): Moderately Soft
 Crescendo: Getting louder
 Decrescendo: Getting softer
 Diminuendo: Getting softer
Clefs
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Sharps and flats
 When playing a musical instrument
there are sharps and flats. A sharp or
flat is possibly seen when playing the
piano, the piano has two types of keys,
the black keys and the white keys. The
black keys are basically the sharp or
flat. But there are actually white keys
that is a sharp or flat.
Bibliography
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ABRSM textbook grade 1-2
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