Form

Question 1

Binary Form

Answer 1

AB structure

Inspired by dance moves of the time

Question 2

During the baroque period it was common to group a collection of a contrasting pieces into a…

Answer 2

Suite

Question 3

First piece in a suite is sometimes a…(begins with p)

Answer 3

Prelude

Question 4

Sonata means

Answer 4

Played by an instrument

Question 5

Camera means

Answer 5

Chamber

Question 6

Allemande

7 facts:

Answer 6

1.A German Dance
2.The word is the French word for German
3.Melody is usually smooth and flowing’
4. Time signature usually 4/4 or C
5.Tends to start with a short acacrusis
6. Dotted rhythms sometimes used - if so it has a sense of grandeur and stateliness
7 moderate speed

Question 7

Bourrée

4 features:

Answer 7

Fast dance
Usually 4/4 or 2/4
Often starts with an anacrusis on last crotchet of the bar

Question 8

Anacrusis

Answer 8

one or more unstressed notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage.

Question 9

Courante

How do they start
Name the two types with three facts about each type

Answer 9

Start with short duration anacrusis

Italian Courante
> fast
> in 3/4 or 3/8
> continuous movement in melody line

French Courante
> less fast
> usually 3/4, 3/2 or 6/4
> common use of hemiolas (page 8)when approaching cadence points

Question 10

Gavotte

4 facts:

Answer 10

Similar to Bourrée but slower

2/2 or 4/4

Often has a feeling of 2 in a bar

Tends to start with anacrusis on last two crotchets of the bar

Question 11

Gigue

Answer 11

Word thought to come from English Jig

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Italian Giga
> faster -
> 12/8

French Gigue
> usually 6/8 or 12/8
> usually polyphonic texture

Question 12

Minuet

or Minuette

Answer 12

Usually 3/4

Moderately paced

Often composed in2 bar segments to fit the dance moves

Normally starts the first beat of the bar

Question 13

Sarabande

Answer 13

A slow measured dance

Usually 3/4 or 3:2

Sometimes has feeling of heaviness on second beat

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Rarely has anacrusis

Question 14

Air with variations

Answer 14

Used by composers who want to decorate an air (tune with accompaniment) in different ways

Air played first followed by other versions with change of:

• rhythm
• melody
• accompaniment
• key
• texture
• articulation
• dynamics

Theme is usually binary form

Question 15

Terniary Form

Answer 15

ABA structure

A is binary form - ending with a perfect cadence to tonic

B often binary in closely related key, contrasting melody and mood. Ends is a perfect cadence in the related key

A often is the 3rd section

Dances sometimes joined to create a terniary form

Question 16

Pedal point

Answer 16

Sustained note

Usually tonic or dominant

Played continuously above or below chords that may not be related

Question 17

Folk Ballad

Answer 17

Usually strophic form

Words tell a story

Written in a key or mode

Question 18

Strophic Form

Answer 18

Strophic form (also called “verse-repeating” or chorus form) is the term applied to songs in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music. The opposite of strophic form, with new music written for every stanza, is called through-composed.