Form: Listening Examples

When looking for the FORM you are looking for a PATTERN or a change of PATTERNS in the music.


The music will always start with "A".

Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bTMbePj0A&feature=related

The first 3 changes are A B C FORM

Vocabulary: FORM

The term musical form is used to refer to the structure which music is built upon.


Music form may have changes in harmony, rhythm, or musical instruments as a

way to determine the different sections in the music.


Letters can be used to label the form of any piece of music, from the simplest to the
most complex.

Each major section of the music is labelled with a letter; for example, the first section is the A


If the second section (or third or fourth) is exactly the same as the first, it is also

labelled A.


The first section of the piece that is different from A is labelled B.


Sections that are not like A or B are labelled C, and so on.

COMMON FORMS:

ABA

ABC

ABCA

ABCB

ABCD

ABAC

Music Symbols

Tuesday January 19, 2010 Notes

Bass Clef - The Bass Clef is used for Cellos (3rds) and Bass.

Treble Clef - The Treble Clef (also known as the "G" Clef, is used for Tenor and 2nds)










Staff - The 'staff' has 5 lines and 4 spaces where music is written.







Time Signature - The time signature tells us two things.
1) How many pulses (beats) per measure. 2) What kind of note gets the beat.

4 .... 2
4 or 4