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Elements of Music: Form (Chapter 6)

Terms to Remember

Form

Binary form

Call and response

-repetition

Ternary form

-responsorial

-contrast

Theme

Improvisation

-variation

Motive

Ostinato

Strophic form

Sequence

Movement

Exercises

Complete the following questions.

1. The organizing principle in music is ________________________

2. The two basic principles of musical structure are ____________________ and ____________________.

A third principle of form is _____________________________

3. A song form in which the music repeats for each verse is considered ___________________________

4. Binary form can be best outlined as ____________. Which principle of form (from question 2) is

central to this scheme? _______________________

5. Ternary form can best be outlined as _______________. Which principles of form does this structure

illustrate? ________________________________________________

6. A _________________________ is a melody used as a building block in a work. The melody can be

broken up into smaller units, or _________________________, and it can be restated at another pitch

level, or in _______________________

7. The singing style in which a leader is imitated by a group of followers is called ____________________.

In which musical cultures is this style common? ___________________________________________

8. Pieces created by performers during the performance (as opposed to pre-composed pieces) are based

on ______________________________. In which styles of music is this technique common?

____________________________________________________________________________________

9. The structural procedure whereby a short pattern – melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic – Is repeated

numerous times is called ____________________

10. The sections of a large-scale work are called _____________________________

Elements Of Music Worksheet