List and briefly define the following three aspects of musical style—rhythm, melody, and timbre. How can these three aspects occur simultaneously in music?

What will be an ideal response?


• rhythm, a succession of related sound events in time
• melody, a succession of pitches
• timbre, characteristic tone quality of a particular instrument or voice
• the performance on a specific instrument(s) and/or voice(s) (timbre) of a melody, a succession of pitches that have rhythm (duration and accent)

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