Two's a Pair
Its structure is commonly abbreviated as AB
What is binary form?
One of the most fundamental ideas in 3 part musical form
What is statement-contrast-return?
Specific terms describing the 3 major sections of a sonata
What is Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation?
Although this form features a return to the opening section, it then continues and incorporates multiple formal returns
What is Rondo Form?
A passage of music connecting larger components such as themes or tonal centers
What are transitions?
A two-part form in which the first section ends with a tonic harmony
What is sectional binary?
A common abbreviation for ternary form
What is ABA?
The section of a sonata that presents important themes as well as the tonal conflict between the two most important tonal centers
What is the Exposition?
A common abbreviation for 5-part rondo form
What is ABACA?
A concluding section added to the end of a piece
What is a coda?
A two-part form in which the first part ends in something other than tonic
What is continuous binary?
A common type of ternary form, usually followed by a trio
What is a minuet?
The section of the sonata in which motivic themes are expanded, often featuring sequential activity
What is the Development?
Although other combinations are possible, these are the two most common types of rondo form
What is 5-part and 7-part Rondo?
An important form in the jazz and rock genres
What is 12-bar blues?
A two part form in which both sections are repeated
What is two-reprise binary form?
This special type of ternary form is commonly found as the first movement in symphonies or string quartets
What is sonata form?
The most important secondary key in a major-mode sonata
What is the dominant key? (V)
Harmonically speaking, the most unstable section of nearly all Rondo forms
What is C?
A common abbreviation for rounded binary form
What is A B 1/2A?
As a haiku:
One equal
The other, unequal
Both types of binary
What is balanced and unbalanced binary?
Although not technically a ternary form, this form adds half of the A section as a third final section
What is rounded binary?
In sonata form, a moment which seems to signal the return of the opening section but is in the wrong structural location
What is a false recapitulation?
A form which features multiple returns and embeds development of earlier material within the formal structure
What is sonata-rondo form?
The most important secondary key in a minor-mode sonata
What is III?