Chapter 11

Question 1

The tonal, thematic, and rhythmic relationships among musical units

Answer 1

Form

Question 2

Motive

Answer 2

a short, recurring musical figure, characteristic rhythmic/pitch pattern
Identifiable throughout composition or musical selection

Question 3

Rhythmic Motive

Answer 3

a rhythmic figure that has a structural role in a piece/passage due form repetition

Question 4

Phrase

Answer 4

motion that takes us from a certain tonal point to another tonal point
usually ends wit a cadence of some sort

Question 5

Phase Segments/ Subphrases

Answer 5

divisions of a phrase

Question 6

Sentence

Answer 6

opens with a melodic segment, immediately restated transposed/untransposed

Question 7

Elision

Answer 7

the end of one phrase overlapping with the beginning of a new phrase

Question 8

Antecedent - Consequent

Answer 8

a group of 2 or more phrases that form a period, type of musical “question-answer”
first phrase ends on HC (antecedent)
second phrase ends on a PAC (consequent)

Question 9

Period

Answer 9

a group of 2 or more phrases that ends on a conclusive cadence
PAC - normally
IAC - occasionally

Question 10

Parallel Period

Answer 10

2 phrases that begin with the same/similar material

Question 11

Form Diagrams: Line/Bubble diagrams

Answer 11

summarize visually the form and formal relationships of composition/section

Question 12

Form Diagrams: Line

Answer 12

sections of a composition and length

Question 13

Form Diagrams: Bubbles/Slurs

Answer 13

hierarchical, indicate with lower case letters and bubbles

Question 14

Contrasting Period

Answer 14

the 2 phrases aren’t based on the same thematic material

Question 15

Symmetrical Period

Answer 15

both phrases have the same length

Question 16

Asymmetrical Period

Answer 16

phrases are not of equal length

Question 17

Three-Phrase Period

Answer 17

final cadence is conclusive and the previous 2 are not

Three phrases constitute a period

Question 18

Double Period

Answer 18

a four-phrase period with phrases grouped in pairs
1st: ends on weak cadence
2nd: ends on PAC
weak-weak-weak-strong

Question 19

Modulation

Answer 19

the process of moving from one key to another

Question 20

Modulation Period

Answer 20

Period begins in 1 key, modulate to a different key and end on a PAC in the new key

Question 21

Phrase Group

Answer 21

a group of 2+ phrases that does not end on a PAC or IAC is not a period