Phrase Analysis Flashcards
1
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form & analysis
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- form and analysis is how the music is structure, it is the basic break down of music allowing us to see what’s going on in the musical piece
- this is the essence of music theory
- a phrase is a complete musical thought in a piece
- an indicator of the end of the phrase is a musical cadence
- we use the lower case alphabet to identify phrases in analysis (a, a’, b, b’, …) the ‘ is to show the prime of the phrase
- a period is a grouping of phrases in a unit of time
2
Q
the study of musical phrases and how they function in pieces of music si called __________
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- phrase analysis
3
Q
a collection of musical phrases is called a ______
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- hyphen
4
Q
when analyzing vocal music, phrases can usually be marked according to how the ________ are structured
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- lyrics
5
Q
even if two phrases are extremely similar, we still label them with different letters (a, b, etc.)
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- false
6
Q
_________ usually mark the end of phrases
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- cadences
