This article or section deals primarily with Europe and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). Performing arts Major forms Theater · Music · Dance Opera · Circus Arts Subjects Comedy · Tragedy · Satire Epic Music is an art form in which the medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek ¼¿Åùº® (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".[1]