Aspects
Of Music
The traditional
or classical European aspects of music often listed
are those elements given primacy in European-influenced
classical music: melody, harmony, rhythm, tone
color, and form. However, a more wide-ranging
list is given by stating the aspects of sound:
pitch, timbre, intensity, and duration. These
aspects combine to create secondary aspects including
structure, texture and style. Other commonly included
aspects include the spatial location or the movement
in space of sounds, gesture, and dance. Silence
is also often considered an aspect of music, if
it is considered to exist.
A musician is someone who performs, composes,
or conducts music. Other terms used to discuss
particular pieces include note, which is an abstraction
which refers to either a specific pitch and/or
rhythm or the written symbol; tune, which is a
succession of notes heard as some sort of unit;
chord, which is a simultaneity of notes heard
as some sort of unit; chord progression which
is a succession of chords (simultaneity succession);
harmony, which is the relationship between two
or more pitches; counterpoint, which is the simultaneity
and organization of different melodies; and rhythm
which is the organization of the durational aspects
of music.
There are three levels of description
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