Relier Pairs Music termsVersion en ligne Elements of music matching term and definition par Claire Smith 1 Timbre 2 Pitch 3 Tempo 4 Dynamics 5 Duration 6 Structure 7 Texture The sound quality of an instrument or voice (how you recognise the type of instrument or voice and the family it belongs to) How fast or slow the music is – the speed The length of a sound – it could be short or long The overall plan for a piece of music – how it is organised into sections How high or low a sound is The effect of combining sounds together into layers How loud or soft a sound is – its volume