Structure and Form Flashcards

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12 bar blues

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Style of blues with a 12 bar repeated chord pattern

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Aria

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Solo vocal piece in an opera, oratorio or a cantata. Shows the characters emotions

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Binary form

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Music in two distinct sections

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Cadenza

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Section of a piece where a soloist an really show off

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Chorus

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Piece in opera, oratorio or cantata sung by full chorus OR the section of a song which keeps repeating the same tune and same words

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Coda

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Closing section of a movement

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Da capo

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An instruction to repeat

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Form

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The structure of a piece

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Ground bass

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Repeating chord pattern and bass line with a variety of things over the top

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Middle eight

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Eight bars in the middle of a song with different chords or a different tune to keep it interesting

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Rondo

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A musical form where the principle theme is repeated several times e.g. ABACA

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Strophic structure

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A song where there are lots of verses all sung to the same tune

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Ternary form

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Piece in three sections. The first and last as very similar. The middle one is a bit different and usually in a different key

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Theme and variations

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A theme is played followed by a variation of it, followed by another etc

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