Musical Form

Question 0

Variation

Answer 0

Aspects of the music are altered but recognizabled

Question 1

Repetition and contrast

Answer 1

Unity and variety

Question 2

Improvisation

Answer 2

Piece created in performance as opposed to pre-composed

Question 3

Binary

Answer 3

A - B = a statement and a departure

Question 4

Ternary

Answer 4

A - B - A + a statement, a departure, and a return to the statement

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

A melodic idea used as a building block in the construction of a musical work

Question 6

Thematic development

Answer 6

One of the most important techniques in musical composition; it is elaborating or varying a musical idea

Question 7

Motive

Answer 7

The smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit

Question 8

Call and response

Answer 8

A singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers

Question 9

Ostinato

Answer 9

A short musical pattern - melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic - that is repeated continually throughout a composition

Question 10

Movement

Answer 10

A complete, comparatively independent division of a large scale work