1. MUSIC FORM
&
STRUCTURE

2. What is Musical Form &
Structure??

3. What Is Musical Form &
Structure??
 The way music is organized
 Every piece of music has an
overall plan or structure, the
"big picture”

4. What’s the Purpose of
Music Form ??

5. If We label our musical materials, ideas
or sections with the letters of the
alphabet we can show how musical
forms are created
Understand the structure ..

6.  Any Single Section of music consisting of phrases or
other musical sections, we can call A. This Musical
section can be repeated to create an AA Form
 If we Instead chose to add a new section, B we would
have the musical form AB. This would be two
contrasting musical sections.
 If We chose to add another A to an AB form, but this
time with variation, we would have the form ABA’.
( The ‘ is used to indicate variation.

7. What are some common
musical forms???

8. Common Musical Forms:
 Strophic - AAA, etc.
 Binary – AB
 Rounded Binary- AB(A1/2)
 Ternary - ABA
 Rondo - ABACA, or ABACADA
 Arch - ABCBA
 Sonata Form - Exposition: (Theme Group 1 - Theme Group
2) --- Development --- Recapitulation: (Theme Group 1 -
Theme Group 2)
 Sonata Rondo - ABA - C – ABA

9. STROPHIC FORM
One Simple Recurring section with no other sections
Example: A Blues Song A,A,A etc…
STORMY MONDAY BLUES

10. BINARY FORM
Two Sections A,B

11. RONDO FORM
Rondo Form

ABACABA

12. BINARY FORM
Ternary Form
ABA

13. SONATA FORM
CAN BE FOUND IN
• Symphonies
• Concert Style Music
• Chamber Style Music

14. NOW YOU KNOW
*What is Musical Form & Structure
*What are common Musical Forms
*Some Styles of Music & there Corresponding Musical Forms
NOW LETS COMPOSE
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