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Music Form

Music Form. Binary or 2 part Form . 2 part AB Example: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat Part A (Row, row, row, your boat gently down the stream) Part B (Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream). Ternary or 3 part form. 3 part ABA Example – Twinkle, Twinkle

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Music Form

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  1. Music Form

  2. Binary or 2 part Form • 2 part AB • Example: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat • Part A (Row, row, row, your boat gently down the stream) Part B (Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream)

  3. Ternary or 3 part form • 3 part ABA • Example – Twinkle, Twinkle • A- Twinkle……How I wonder what you are • B- Up above…..in the sky • A-Twinkle……How I wonder what you are.

  4. Theme and Variations • A A1 A2 A3 • The composer states a theme (A) and varies it to change the way it sounds (A1A2A3) • There is no set number of variations.

  5. Fugue • Polyphonic composition • Subject and answer • Popular during the Baroque period, especially with Bach.

  6. Round • Similar to a fugue, a round is a melody that is done in exact repetition at different times. • Example – Row Your Boat • Also becomes polyphonic texture when performed as a round

  7. Rondo • Can be 5 part ABACA or 7 part ABACABA • Longer music, used a lot as the 4th movement in the Classical symphony.

  8. Call and Response • A group or individual starts with a line or phrase • Another group “answers” the call • Example: cadences used by the military

  9. Verse and Chorus • Has a verse that changes, chorus that remains the same • Used for hymns and popular music (both country and rock) • Example: Jingle Bells • Verse: Dashing through the snow…. • Chorus: Jingle Bells……..

  10. Sonata Allegro Form • Similar to ternary, but more extensive • 1st part is the Exposition • 2nd part is the Development • 3rd part is the Recapitulation. • Often used as the 1st movement in the Classical Symphony.

  11. Movements of the Symphony • 1st –Fast, heroic movement Often Sonata allegro form • 2nd – usually slow and lyrical often theme and variations • 3rd – dance type movement example- minuet, scherzo • 4th – fast, heroic movement Rondo form popular

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