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4. Theme and Variations
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Undergraduate 1
10/28/2010

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How was theme and variations used?
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as an independant piece/ as one movement of a symphony, sonata, or string quatret
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Basic idea of this form?
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the theme is repeated again and again.
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form diagram?
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AA'A''A'''A'''' = where each ' indicates a variation of a theme.
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each variation may differ in_____ from the theme
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mood ; and melody, dynamics, harmony, accompanianment, tone colour may vary
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the variations are either ___ or separated by ___
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connected; pauses
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theme could be borrowed by a composer or he could invent it.
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countermelody
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when an original melody is accompanied by a new one
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