UNIT 8: MUSICAL FORM

UNIT 8: MUSICAL FORM

1. Organization of sound

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

2. PRINCIPLES OF REPETION, CONTRAST AND VARIATION

   • Repeat: the same melody. A A.
   • Change:the melody slightly. A A'.
   • Contrast: the melody (a lot of little) to a new one.
   • Binary: this a good for short pieces. It is an A and B, but B does not contrast very much. Sometimes one of them repeats. Hymns and marches are often binary.The aim is to not have a lot of big change.