Lesson Three: The Elements of Music

_____________ is an art form that uses vocal or instrumental techniques to produce sound and affect the mental status of the listener.

There are _____ elements of music.

This element is related to the actual frequency of a particular tone and to its relative position in the musical scale.

This element is the initial sound or utterance of the sound. Every note of this element is produced by a specific rate of vibration and produces both physical and psychological effects that cannot be expressed in words.

This element structures tone and sound, giving it definition, pattern, and boundary.

This element is the relationship between tones and their rhythmic pattern and it is produced by the simultaneous sounding of tones that blend with each other to form chords.

This element is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

This element uses musical instruments and the human voice to give sound a certain quality that is difficult to define in words but evokes emotional responses.

________ is called "the heart of music".

___________ is a harmonic set of three or more notes that are heard as if they are sounding simultaneously.

Tempo is ________

Meter is ___________.