Basic Introduction to
Music
Music is an art form with
sound as a medium, a general melody of sounds or expression of emotions through
harmonic features. Music is an important
part of our life. Music acts as a medium of entertainment and refreshment. It
is also dealt scientifically because it consists of sounds which is a form of
energy.
Aspects of Music
There are five basic aspects
of music.
1.
Rhythm: Rhythm
generally means placements of sounds in time. It is related to timing of
musical sounds.
2.
Melody: Melody is
a sequence of single notes which is musically satisfying. It is the combination
of pitch and rhythm. In other words, it is a tune.
3.
Harmony: Harmony
means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches and chords. If multiple
chords played at the same time then that is also considered to be harmony.
Generally, talking about harmony is talking about chords. It acts as a support
for melody.
4.
Dynamics:
Dynamics includes volume of a sound or a note. It is variation in loudness.
5.
Timbres: The
character or quality of a musical sound i.e. tonal quality. Sa (C) note played
in guitar has a different sound as in harmonium which means different musical
instruments have different timbres.
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