Transcript Music Form - Wayne County Schools

Music Form
Binary or 2 part Form
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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
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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.
Theme and Variations
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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.
Fugue
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Polyphonic composition
Subject and answer
Popular during the Baroque period,
especially with Bach.
Round
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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
Rondo
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Can be 5 part ABACA or 7 part
ABACABA
Longer music, used a lot as the 4th
movement in the Classical symphony.
Call and Response
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A group or individual starts with a line
or phrase
Another group “answers” the call
Example: cadences used by the
military
Verse and Chorus
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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……..
Sonata Allegro Form
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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.
Movements of the Symphony
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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