What are the basic elements of music?

The element of music is sound, and composers can't express their feelings as clearly as words, so they can only use the expression of sound to arouse people's emotions. The four basic elements of music are rhythm, melody, harmony and timbre. Rhythm reminds people of physical movements, and melody reminds people of spiritual feelings. Music expresses emotions through differences in melody, rhythm, sound, harmony and timbre. For example, major means happiness and grandeur, and minor means sadness and melancholy; Nervous and short rhythm means anger, soft and long rhythm means softness, strong pitch means enthusiasm, and low and weak tone means silence; Discordant voice means struggle and dispute, and harmonious voice means peace and tranquility; Trumpet stands for war, oboe stands for pastoral and so on. How to enjoy music? Everyone listens to music according to their different appreciation abilities and hobbies. For the convenience of analysis, we divide music appreciation into three aspects. (1) Aesthetic Feeling Listening to music is purely for the fun of music, only pleasing to the ear, only perceptual appreciation, without any form of thinking, so that the appeal of music can bring itself into a fantastic realm. For example, when doing things, turn on the stereo and immerse yourself in music absently. At this time, the appeal of music alone brings people into an unconscious but attractive state of mind. Aesthetic sense occupies a very important position in music, but it should not occupy too much position. Even in this initial stage of listening to music, we should adopt a more meaningful listening method. (2) All music has expressive power, and there is always a certain meaning behind the notes, which constitutes the content of the work and can arouse emotions. This is emotional appreciation. (3) Pure music is not only a pleasant sound and an expression of feelings, but also exists in the processing of notes and notes. In order to follow the composer's thinking and consciously explore the structure of music, the change of theme and the application of composer's skills, this is a rational appreciation and an advanced stage of music appreciation.