BASIC CONCEPTS IN MUSICOnline version These concepts you must master in order to play an instument by Nana Nana 1 INTERVALS 2 CHORDS 3 RHYTHM 4 notes is the difference between two pitches The names are stated in such terms as a second, third, fourth, fifth, and continue up to fifteenths. may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic the distance between two notes is the layering of several tones played simultaneously three or more musical notes played at the same time are built off of a single note, called the root is any harmonic set of pitches consisting of two or more notes is the arrangement of sounds as they move through time. the placement of sounds in time an ordered alternation of contrasting elements is the relationship of durations, stresses, and accents in music is the pitch and duration of a sound its representation in musical notation (♪, ♩) similar to a syllable in speaking a language