In 8^th Grade music students learn elements of dynamics, tone color, tempo, rhythm, pitch, texture, form, and style

Dynamics

Crescendo, decrescendo, forte, piano, mood and dynamics, contrasting dynamics

Tone Color

Instrumental tone color, tone color changes, bright and dark, traditional and nontraditional tone colors

Tempo

Contrasting tempos (slow, fast, moderate)

Rhythm

Syncopation, duple, triple, quadruple meter, 5/4 and 7/8 meter, compound meter, polyrhythms, changing meter

Pitch

Melody, reading pitches

Form

AB, coda, phrase, 12 bar blues, Rondo

Style

Cultural, classical, jazz, pop