Structure

Question 1

Binary

Answer 1

Two sections:

1 - in closely related key
2 - in tonic key

Question 2

Rounded binary

Answer 2

Thematic reference to the beginning of the piece is made at the end of the B section

Question 3

Ternary

Answer 3

A-B-A

Outer sections are similar

Question 4

Fugue

Answer 4

• Contrapuntal for two or more parts
• Subject imitated at different pitches and in different keys

Main theme = subject - repeated in all parts one after another

Episodes = contrasting sections which depart from the pattern

Question 5

Sonata form

Answer 5

Three sections:

1. Exposition
2. Development
3. Recapitulation

Often based on two subjects in different keys

Typical first movement of Classical or Romantic period

Question 6

Rondo

Answer 6

A-B-A-C-A

Main theme reappears in tonic key

Question 7

Sonata rondo

Answer 7

Two subjects:

A-B (related key)
A-C development
A-B (tonic)
A

Frequently used in finales

Question 8

Ritornello

Answer 8

Opening instrumental section

• introduces the main ideas
• returns between solo passages
• returns at the end in the tonic key

Characteristic of baroque era

Question 9

Through-composed

Answer 9

No repetition of material

Question 10

Strophic

Answer 10

Same music for each verse

Verse-chorus-verse…etc

Question 11

Ground bass

Answer 11

Bass ostinato

• constantly repeating
• popular in early-mid baroque

Question 12

12-bar-blues

Answer 12

12 bar pattern:

I-I-I-I IV-IV-I-I V-IV-I-I

Question 13

Tripartite form

Answer 13

A-B-C

Common in 16th and 17th century pavane and gaillard dance movements