Chap. 6: Musical Form

Question 1

form

Answer 1

the organizing principle in music

Question 2

repetition

Answer 2

fixes the material in our minds and satisfies our need for the familiar

Question 3

contrast

Answer 3

stimulates our interest and feeds our desire for change

Question 4

variation

Answer 4

some aspects of the music are altered but the original is still recognizable

Question 5

strophic form

Answer 5

features music for each stanza of text, common in songs

Question 6

through-composed form

Answer 6

no large repeated sections

Question 7

binary form (A-B)

Answer 7

two-part form based on a statement and a departure without a return to the opening section

Question 8

ternary form (A-B-A)

Answer 8

three-part form which extends the idea of statement and departure by bringing back the first section

Question 9

theme

Answer 9

a melodic idea in a large-scale work, can be broken into small, component fragments

Question 10

motive

Answer 10

a small fragment that forms a melodic-rhythmic

Question 11

sequence

Answer 11

results when a motive is repeated at a different pitch

Question 12

call-and-response (responsorial)

Answer 12

a repetitive style involving a soloist and a group

Question 13

improvisation

Answer 13

music created spontaneously in performance

Question 14

ostinato

Answer 14

the repetition of a short melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern

Question 15

movement

Answer 15

sections that large-scale compositions such as symphonies and sonatas are divided into

Question 16

thematic development

Answer 16

the expansion of a theme, achieved by varying its melody, rhythm, or harmony