Form

Question 1

PAC

Answer 1

V7-I. Bass line is So-Do, both chords in root position

Question 2

IAC

Answer 2

Still V7-I, no So-Do bass line, chords don’ have to be in root position

Question 3

HC

Answer 3

Ends on V7 chord. First chord can be anything

Question 4

Plagal cadence

Answer 4

IV-I

Question 5

Deceptive cadence

Answer 5

V-vi, requires follow up cadence more concluseive

Question 6

Phrase

Answer 6

Independent musical idea terminated by a cadence

Question 7

Motive

Answer 7

short melodic/rhythmic idea. Building blocks of phrases

Question 8

Binary form

Answer 8

AA, BB. Common in dance/sonata movements from Baroque, and in minuets, trios and scherzos from Classical/romantic.

Question 9

Bar form

Answer 9

AAB

Question 10

Rounded Binary

Answer 10

AA, BA’, BA’

Question 11

Ternary Form

Answer 11

ABA, or Minuet/Scherzo - Trio - Minuet/Scherzo (AB, CD, AB). In opera, Free intro; First song (binary, ternary, slower); Free transition; Cabaletta (binary, ternary faster)

Question 12

Strophic

Answer 12

One part song form, words change each verse

Question 13

Rondo

Answer 13

ABACA. A are called refrains, almost always in tonic. Some have coda at the end, might be more than 5 parts

Question 14

Sonata and internal parts

Answer 14

• Exposition (I to V; I to III or v) - Primary theme, bridge (bridges keys), secondary theme (in secondary key), closing (sequences, scales, motivic repetition, cadential in secondary key)
• Development (tonally unstable) - Sometimes developments of primary theme, never settles
• Recapitulation (Begins and ends with I/i). - Usually same as beginning: primary theme, bridge, secondary theme, closing. Secondary theme is in primary key this time.

Question 15

Fugue

Answer 15

Imitative work
Subject (makes up Exposition)
Episode
Restatement

Question 16

Fugato

Answer 16

In the style of a fugue, but not in strict fugal form

Question 17

Composite Form

Answer 17

Component sections can be broken down into formal models individually. Ex: Minuet/Scherzo (AABB), Trio (CCDD), Minuet/Scherzo (AABB)