Melody: A piece of music, the change in pitch from beginning to end is called melody, which can be said to be a horizontal change in time.

Harmony: Taking a melody as the center, adding another kind of music to the melody to become a harmonious piece, that is, a change in time.

Rhythm: While the music is progressing, it continues to have strong and weak and orderly movement, which is called rhythm.

In addition, lifestyle can also be regarded as a factor that affects music. For an agricultural tribe with a lifestyle rooted in family and pastoral life, it is almost unimaginable that nomads could migrate with instruments as large as a grand piano or a pipe organ. For example, in democratic villages and tribes, everyone may participate in producing music, but in a society with division of labor, craftsmen may specialize in making musical instruments and musicians specialize in playing.