Music Theory - Form

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Advanced placement Music Theory Flashcards on Music Theory - Form, created by Kimberly Endel on 29/03/2016.
Kimberly Endel
Flashcards by Kimberly Endel, updated more than 1 year ago
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If the measure on the left is the original melody, the measure on the right is an example of ... Retrograde
AB Binary Form
If the top is the original melody, the melody underneath is called the ... Inversion
The passage that ends a musical piece or movement. Coda
The shape of melodic pitches contour
One phrase ends while another begins at the same time. Elision
The act of delaying a cadence by adding more notes before the cadence. Cadential Extension
This section of music helps prepare the return to the verse or chorus. Bridge
A melody played simultaneously with another melody. Countermelody
I - I - I - I IV - IV - I - I V7 - IV - I - I 12 bar blues
Augmentation Stretch out
Conjunct Step-wise melodic motion
Diminution Shorten
Sequence Moves motive/melody up or down but keeps the same contour
Truncation To cut off / end / make shorter
Smallest identifiable musical idea (can consist of pitch, rhythm, or both) Motive
Phases combine to form larger structural unit Period
Disjunct Melodic motion that is not step-wise
Question part of a cadence Antecedent
Answer part of a cadence Consequent
Contrasting period a b
Parallel Period a a1
Double Period a b a1 b1 (the only PAC occurs at the end)
Phrase Group three-phrase period consisting of a combination of antecedent and consequent.
Binary AB
Rounded Binary AB (A) (the second A is shortened)
Ternary ABA
Through composed Little to no repetition
Strophic AAA Stanza/verses that are similar in melody.
Tutti Everyone play together
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