Aspect

Aspect or Aspects may refer to:

Aspect (religion)

Aspect is a term used across several religions and in theology to describe a particular manifestation or conception of a deity or other divine being. Depending the religion, these might to disjoint or overlapping parts, or methods of perceiving or conceptualizing the deity in a particular context.

In the Bahá'í Faith, this might be conceived as a Manifestation of God.

In Christianity, the concept of the Trinity views God as 3 distinct parts, whereas Sabellianism conceives of one deity manifested in three separate aspects or modes.

In some conceptions of Hinduism, Vishnu is seen as aspect of Brahman.

In Sikhism, there are three distinct aspects: God as deity; God in relation to creation; and God in relation to man.

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Aspect of music

An aspect of music (rudiment) is any characteristic, dimension, or element taken as a part or component of music. A parameter is any element that can be manipulated (composed) separately from other elements. "There is very little dispute about the principal constituent elements of music, though experts will differ on the precise definitions of each aspect. Most central are 'pitch' (or melody) and 'rhythm'...next in importance only to pitch and rhythm is 'timbre', the characteristic qualities of tone."(Gardner 1984, 104)

"Just as parameters within a culture are distinguished from one another because they are governed by somewhat different constraints, so it is with the parameters of music: melody, harmony, timbre, etc., are more or less independent variables."(Meyer 1989, 21.44) The first person to apply the term parameter to music may have been Joseph Schillinger, though its relative popularity may be due to Werner Meyer-Eppler (Grant 2005, 62n85). Gradation is gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound. There is disagreement over the number and existence of specific aspects, as well as whether any aspects are common to all music.