Section 7: Chapter 3 Traditional/Contemporary Song Forms

Question 1

____________________ refers to the structural division of a composition.

A. Rondo
B. Song Form
C. Development
D. Part

Answer 1

B. Song form

Question 2

What two purposes do transitions have?

Answer 2

Connect a modulation and connect two parts.

Question 3

The two types of codettas are

Answer 3

Harmonic codetta and Melodic codetta.

Question 4

A _______ is a part of a contemporary song that conveys the message, meaning,
or theme of the composition.

Answer 4

Chorus

Question 5

T/F The bridge and outro are “parts” of the song and not auxiliary members.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

A _____________ is a connecting passage that leads a return to a previous part.

A. Introduction
B. Coda
C. Postlude
D. Retransition

Answer 6

D. Retransition

Question 7

The AABB song form with auxiliary members is a (an)

Answer 7

expanded two-part song form.

Question 8

A ________ also known as a ternary song form.

Answer 8

three-part song form

Question 9

A major difference between a regular three-part song form and the incipient
three-part song form is, the regular three-part song form uses ___________.

A. ABA
B. Periods
C. Auxiliary members
D. Half cadences

Answer 9

C. Auxiliary members

Question 10

T/F In a three-part song form, the return to Part III (A) is brand new material.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The three principal rondo forms are______________.

A. ABA, ABBA, ABACABA
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B. ABA, ABACCACA, ABACA
C. ABA, ABACA, ABACABA
D. ABC, AABAA, ABACABA

Answer 11

C. ABA, ABACA, ABACABA

Question 12

T/F The letters in the rondo form do not represent principal divisions, but
rather principal and subordinate themes.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F One of the most distinguishing characteristics between the first rondo form
and the three-part song form is one of the themes is a song form.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

This represents which type of rondo form?

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Answer 14

Third Rondo Form or Sonata-Rondo

Question 15

T/F The exposition of the sonata-allegro requires an introduction.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The __________ is the most creative and unstable (in tonality) area in the sonata-allegro.

Answer 16

Develoment

Question 17

In vocal music the format may also be viewed as verse – chorus – verse, would be a (an) __________________.

A. Sonata-Rondo Form
B. Three-Part Song Form
C. Twelve Bar Blues
D. Exposition

Answer 17

B. Three-Part Song Form

Question 18

The chords represented in a twelve bar blues are the

Answer 18

Tonic (I), Subdominant (IV), and Dominant (V).

Question 19

When the V7 chord is used to lead to a sixteen bar blues back to the beginning of the chord progression, it is called a (the)

Answer 19

Turnaround