1. Music Form

2. Binary or 2 part Form 2 part AB Example: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat
Part A (Row, row, row, your boat gently
down the stream)
Part B (Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream)

3. Ternary or 3 part form 3 part ABA Example – Twinkle, Twinkle
A- Twinkle……How I wonder what you are
B- Up above…..in the sky
A-Twinkle……How I wonder what you are.

4. Theme and Variations A A1 A2 A3
The composer states a theme (A) and varies it to change the way it sounds (A1A2A3)
There is no set number of variations.

5. Fugue Polyphonic composition Subject and answer
Popular during the Baroque period, especially with Bach.

6. Round
Similar to a fugue, a round is a melody that is done in exact repetition at different times.
Example – Row Your Boat
Also becomes polyphonic texture when performed as a round

7. Rondo Can be 5 part ABACA or 7 part ABACABA
Longer music, used a lot as the 4th movement in the Classical symphony.

8. Call and Response A group or individual starts with a line or phrase
Another group “answers” the call
Example: cadences used by the military

9. Verse and Chorus
Has a verse that changes, chorus that remains the same
Used for hymns and popular music (both country and rock)
Example: Jingle Bells
Verse: Dashing through the snow….
Chorus: Jingle Bells……..

10. Sonata Allegro Form Similar to ternary, but more extensive
1st part is the Exposition
2nd part is the Development
3rd part is the Recapitulation.
Often used as the 1st movement in the Classical Symphony.

11. Movements of the Symphony
1st –Fast, heroic movement
Often Sonata allegro form
2nd – usually slow and lyrical
often theme and variations
3rd – dance type movement
example- minuet, scherzo
4th – fast, heroic movement
Rondo form popular