Music elements

• Melody


  A combination of pitch and duration. The element that makes the direct appeal or can be considered as the theme of a composition
• Pitch


  The highness or lowness of a tonal sound. It is a physical principle that the faster the vibrations are the higher the pitch will be.
• Tonality


  The sense of a note being a reference point. This note is called atomic or tonal center. In here one particular pitch receives more emphasis than the others.
• Duration


  The length of the time the vibrations is sustained this becomes one of the bases of rhythm.
• Tempo


  Determines the speed of the beats in the measure, their duration in actual time. Music may move at a fast, moderate, or slow speed, and in varying degrees.
• Harmony


  The playing of multiple pitches simultaneously