What are the functions of the elements that make up music?

The rhythm of music is often compared to the skeleton of music. Beat is used to indicate that the beat and weak beat in music appear periodically and regularly.

2. Tuning:

The ups and downs of music are organized horizontally and orderly according to a certain rhythm, forming a melody to express the melody. In a complete musical work, tune is one of the most important means of expression.

3. Harmony:

Harmony includes "chord" and "harmonic progression". The transverse organization of chords is harmonic progression. Harmony has obvious functions of strong, light, thick and thin colors; It also has the functions of forming clauses, dividing paragraphs and ending music.

4. Strength:

Used to indicate the intensity of sound in music.

5. Speed:

Used to express the speed of music.

6. Mode:

Used to indicate that the sounds used in music are connected according to a certain relationship, and these sounds form a system centered on one tone (tonic), which is called mode.

7. Form:

Used to represent the horizontal organizational structure of music.

8, texture:

Used to express the combination form of each part in a multi-part music work.

9, timbre:

Frequency tables used to represent different sounds always have unique characteristics in terms of waveforms.

Extended data

The basic elements of music are various elements that make up music, including the level of sound, the length of sound, the strength of sound, timbre and so on. These basic elements combine with each other to form the common "formal elements" of music.

Related terms:

1. Texture:

It is one of the structural forms of music. This word has a broad meaning. In music works, there are often two aspects involved: one is the form in "time" and the other is the form in "space".

2. Form:

It is the structural form of music. Melody forms various paragraphs in the process of development. According to the rules of these paragraphs, the musical form with * * * is the musical form.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Basic Elements of Music