14.2- form

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

The structure of a composition, the frame upon which it is constructed. Form is based upon repetition, contrast, and variation. Certain specific forms include sonata-allegro form, binary form, rondo, etc.

Question 2

Form (also)

Answer 2

The constructive or organizing element in music.

Question 3

Movement

Answer 3

Complete, self-contained section within a larger musical composition.

Question 4

Contrast

Answer 4

A compositional device which has come to be one of the principal properties of good music. A variety of contrast(s) such as tempo (contrasting fast to slow), timbre (contrasting strings to brass or strings to woodwinds), dynamics (contrasting loud to soft), and meter (contrasting duple to triple) is essential to good composition. Contrast is a means to maintain listener interes

Question 5

Strophic Form

Answer 5

Song structure in which every verse (strophe) of the text is sung to the same musical tune.

Question 6

Theme & Varations

Answer 6

Composers present a basic theme several times over and then use subsequent variations to modify or alter different elements of that theme, with different elements modified each time

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

The musical basis upon which a composition is built. Usually a theme consists of a recognizable melody or a characteristic rhythmic pattern. The theme may sometimes be called the subject.

Question 8

Rondo

Answer 8

The main theme reappears at least three times, often more. The theme and its repetitions are clearly separated by contrasting episodes.

Question 9

Binary Form

Answer 9

Two-part (A - B) structure of music; usually each part is repeated. The term can also mean any form with two periods, or sections.

Question 10

Ternary Form

Answer 10

A compositional form which consists of three major sections, an A section which states the thematic material, a B section which presents a contrasting theme, and a final A section which restates the opening thematic material. Also, any three part form.

Question 11

Strophic Form

Answer 11

Song structure in which every verse (strophe) of the text is sung to the same musical tune. usually four to eight phrases long.

Question 12

Episodes

Answer 12

An element found in music that is a digression from the main structure of the composition. It is a passage that is not a part of the main theme groups of a composition, but is an ornamental or constructive section added to the main elements of the composition. In a fugue, it is a connective passage or area of relaxation between entrances of the subject.

Question 13

Fugue

Answer 13

a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts.