There are only five characteristic elements of music:

1. Melody: Melody is also called melody. The ups and downs of the music are organized horizontally in an orderly manner according to a certain rhythm to form a melody. Melody is the most important means of expression in music form, the essence of music, and the decisive factor of music. The progression direction of a tune is endlessly changing, and there are three basic progression directions: "horizontal progression", "upward" and "downward".

The direction of progression of the same sound is called horizontal progression; the progression from bass to treble is called ascending; the progression from treble to bass is called descending. Common ways of progressing tunes include: "repetition of the same tone", "progression" and "jump forward". The progression according to the adjacent notes of the scale is called progression, the jump in third degree is called minor jump, and the jump in fourth degree and above is called major jump.

2. Rhythm: The rhythm of music refers to the length and strength of the mid-tones in the music movement. The rhythm of music is often compared to the skeleton of music. Beat is the periodic and regular repetition of heavy beats and weak beats in music. Traditional Chinese music calls the beat "banyan", "ban" is equivalent to the strong beat; "eye" is equivalent to the sub-strong beat (middle eye) or weak beat.

3. Harmony: Harmony includes "chords" and "harmonic progressions". Chords are usually sound combinations formed by three or more tones that overlap vertically (simultaneously) according to certain rules. The horizontal organization of chords is the harmonic progression. Harmony has obvious color effects of thick, light, thick and thin; it also has the function of forming phrases, dividing sections and ending music.

4. Strength: the strength of the midrange of the music.

5. Speed: how fast the music progresses.

Extended information:

Elements of music:

Sound: Energy fluctuations in nature that are easily captured by the human ear.

Sound: A continuous sound wave that has stable changing rules and is controllable.

Le: pleasant sound waves selected by the organization.

Tone: A collection of selected sounds based on a certain rule.

Law: Arrange the collection of sounds in a more regular order.

Section: Complete a certain piece within a certain period of time

Music: Organize all the above-mentioned vocal music tuning sections as a whole.

These words are combined with each other to form words such as sound, music, tone, tone, and melody. (Vocal music is the abbreviation for human voice as an instrument.)

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