Rhythm : What happens on and around the beat.
Dynamics : Louds and softs, high pitched - low pitched e.g Legato is the Itallian words for 'smoothly and joined'. Staccato is the Itallian word for ' Short and detached'.
Tempo: The speed of the music.
Melody : The tune of a peice.
Texture: Homophonic, Polyphonic and Monophonic
Harmony: Chords of a peice. A peice is not balanced without the essential I IV and V chords.
Timbre: The instruments which are used in the peice