UNIT 8: MUSICAL FORM

UNIT 8: MUSICAL FORM

1. Organization of sound

   • What is the organization of sound?
     • The organization of sound is the way a composer puts themes in a piece, giving it form
   • Why is important to organize sound?
     • because ifit is not ordered you cannot identify the different themes and remember them. It would be a chaos of musical ideas

2. Principales of repetition, contrast and variation

   • repeat the same melody: AA
   • change the melody slightly: AA
   • Contrast the melody to a new one
   • binary: this is good for short pieces. It is an A and B form, but B does not contrast vey much. sometimes one of them repeats
   • ternary:this is also good for short pieces, but always return to the initial theme:A B A
   • Rondo:this is for pieces that are a bit longer:ABACADA...
   • Strophic: thies has verses and refreins. Some very simples songs have not refrain and often tell stories

3. Principales of composition

   • there are trhee ways to compose:
     • repeat the same melody again: AA
     • Vary the melody a bit: AA'
     • Contrast the melody with a new melody: AB