Form
typical AABA form, but with the A and B sections themselves consisting of multiple musical sections
‐‐ (an A section might be verse/climb/chorus, for example) ‐‐ most common form for popular music styles
Compound AABA
na na na na na na na
Folderal
Provide an example of subject and theme using an object in this room.
Up to SI discretion
minor pentatonic scale w/ an added b5 (or major pentatonic scale w/ an added b3)
G C D G | G F C Cm |
Borrowed Chords
Ending section of a song
Coda
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Alliteration
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
Refrain
a new melody composed on a pre‐existing chord progression
Contrafact
D G D G | D G E A|
musical piece with no repeating sections
Through-Composed
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Anaphora
I remember smelling smoke, I woke up I was choking. Lori grabbed the baby and we made it safe outside.
Sensory Lyrics
new lyrics composed over the melody of a pre‐existing song
Contrafactum
Eb Ab Bb Eb | Eb Ab E7 Bb
Tri-Tone Sub
single musical unit/verse repeated multiple times, with no other musical sections ‐ AAAA.......
Strophic
"Don't you want somebody to love?
Don't you need somebody to love?
Wouldn't you love somebody to love?
You better find somebody to love!"
Epistrophe
In Handel's Messiah, the melody rises on "exalted" and uses dissonant notes for "crooked", what songwriting technique is this?
Prosody
when composing within a given key, utilizing chords that are diatonic to the parallel major or minor key
Borrowed Chords
Am Dm Am Em | Am D E Am
Borrowed Chord
repetition of some musical material, while changing some *other* aspect of a melody/phrase/song, etc.
Development
Chromatic (or Contrapuntal) Enhancement of Static Harmony – moving lines/notes with a single, held chord
CESH
C C^7 C7 C6
CESH