Form Flashcards
Binary Form and how each part ends
Movement divided in two. Both sections repeated. 2nd part usually longer
1st part ends with HC or AC in new key
2nd part unstable ends with PAC
Rounded binary form
Open returns in middle to end of second. Must be og key with little variation
Balanced binary form
Cadence rhyme
Simple binary form
A and B are related but material doesn’t get repeated
Symmetrical form
Sections same length
Sectional form
First part ends with AC in OG key
Four movement piece form
1: fast Sonata
2: slow lyrical
3: fast, triple meter, ternary form
4: fastest, rondo or sonata
Ternary form- how does A end
ABA
A usually ends in home key on PAC
2nd A usually longer than first
B is more substantial in ternary
Compound ternary
A and B are in ternary form themselves
Rondo and how each part ends
Can be 5 or 7 part
ABACA(BA)
WHAT MAKES RONDO A RONDO- A is the refrain (the same, home key every time)
A ends with PAC in home key
B ends in HC or PAC in new key
B is more simple, stable, shorter than C
First B related key, second home key
What makes Rondo a Rondo
A is the refrain. Same every time. Home key
Transition
Move to new key
Re transition
Move back to home key
Modified transition
Sounds like it’s modulating, but doesn’t. Uses dominant prolongation,sequences, linear chromaticism
Continuous variation form
The theme is one phrase that ends on half cadence
A section ends in different key
One part form
No repeats, all lead to tonic at end
Strophic
Songs. New lyrics, same music
Modified strophic
Almost the same music for each set of lyrics
Through composed
It’s what it sounds like
Sonata form and subsections
Optional intro
Exposition (primary theme-transition-medial caesura-secondary theme-closing)
Repeat
Development (x-section and Re transition)
Recapitulation (primary theme-transition-secondary theme-closing)
Optional- repeat development and recapitulation
Optional Coda
Exposition
Repeated- begins in tonic ends in secondary key
Primary theme (ends in home key)
Transition (starts in tonic ends with HC in new key. May begin like primary, but modulates)
Medial caesura
Secondary theme (ends with PAC in new key) (new material or variant)
Closing (PAC, no new material)
Development
After closing of exposition
Ends with PAC and avoids tonic Harmonically unstable
X-section
Re transition- usually dom prolongation, but could be sequence or something
Recapitulation
Comes after development
Starts and ends in home key
Primary theme
Transition
Secondary theme (transposed to tonic)
Closing (transposed to tonic)
Coda
Fresh new stuff
Comes after closing of recapitulation
Sonata Rondo and when it’s common
Seven part Rondo and Sonata had baby
Common as fast multi movement work’s final movement
AB A C AB A
AB is structured like expo
C is like development
AB is like recap
A like closing?
What is sonata form the outgrowth of
Continuous Rounded binary
What is the harmonic value of a coda
Tonic prolongstion
Which sections of sonata form are harmonically unstable
X-section and transitions
Which section have the harmonic value of major V in sonata form
Expo- 2nd tonal area and closing
What are the differences between ternary and rounded binary
Ternary: sections are closed off/have a clear closing
Rounded binary: sections bleed into each other and share material
Second tonal area harmonic value
Major V in major keys
And major III in minor
What is the harmonic value of a closing
Major V in major
Major III in minor
What is the harmonic value of the x-section
Harmonically unstable
What is the harmonic value of a retransition
Dominant prolongation more often than not
What is the harmonic value of a recap
Major or minor tonic
Includes 1TA, Altered transition, 2TA, and closing
What is the (almost equivalent) of a sonata recap and why not completely
Rounding in binary form.
In sonata you use the entire A section. Much more hardcore
Types of chromatic modulation
Enharmonically reinterpreted o7, common tone modulation, pivot chord modulation, chromatic sequence
Compound forms
Each section has embedded binary form
Compound ternary most common, but occasional rondo
What are the two kinds of names and variations?
Sectional and continuous
Sectional theme variations
Each section can be played as a it’s own thing
Continuous theme variations 
One piece with fixed/ostinatoelement. Often baseline and or harmonic Progressions 
Harmonically fixed
Under sectional? Same harmonic structure. Phrase, cadence , Modulation, function 
Formally fixed
Rounded binary, continuous cadence
Ostinato
Repeated pitch (pattern) often baseline
Ground base
Baseline repeats throughout
Chaconne
Progressions stays
Passacaglia
Progression, line, bass, stays
Hemiola
2 meters at the same time
Polyrhythm
Two divisions of meter rhythm at once
Contrapuntal
More focus on melody, then chords and harmony
What are the three parts to a fugue?
Expo, development, And some sort of reference to subject near the end
Exposition
All subjects and answers are presented. Subject, optional counter subject, answe
Development
Avoid tonic
Subject
Melodic line Carried throughout the piece - usually tonic 
Answer
Dominant, response
Counter subject
Accompaniment roll, appears consistently alongside subject 
What is an episode?
Only area of a fugue after expo that does not contain the subject, variety, moving one key to another.  Derives material from subject, counter, subject, answer, and other episodes . Textures thinner less voices
Middle entries
Mostly three part design
Sogetto in reference to subject
No longer than three measures, simple, square cut
Andamento
More flowy, often two ideas
Large organ fugues
Bridge
Extension of subject to get back to tonic
Stretto figure
Subject, and answer overlap more than a couple of notes
Link
Short section in expo that does not have subject or answer
Dom pedal
Returns to tonic
Tonic pedal
Returns to dom
Real
Intervallically identical
Tonal answer
Answer is altered slightly. Often one note to fit with counterpoint
Real/authentic answer
Transposition is exact. Interval for interval….minus quality?
