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Forms & Devices Keywords
Key terms for the Forms and Devices unit
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Music
10th Grade
03/18/2019

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Binary Form
Definition
Two ideas/Themes- A and B
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Ternary Form
Definition
ABA (two ideas/themes, the 1st repeated at the end)
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Rondo Form
Definition
ABACA
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Variation Form
Definition
A set of developments based on a particular theme/melody e.g. Variation on Frere Jacques, The Carnival of Venice
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Strophic Form
Definition
Where the melody/tune is the same in every verse but the words are different e.g. A Christmas carol/hymn tune
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Anacrusis
Definition
Where the melody DOES NOT start on the 1st beat of the bar
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Conjunct
Definition
Where the melody moves by step
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Disjunct
Definition
Lots of leaps between the notes/Angular melody
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Sequence
Definition
a short tune that is repeated a step higher or step lower
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Imitation
Definition
Where a musical phrase is repeated, maybe by a different instrument/voice
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Repetition
Definition
Where the melody is repeated
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Whole Tone
Definition
Two half steps apart (usually a black note in between)
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Semi-Tone
Definition
A half step, usually white note to the next black note
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Broken Chord/Arpeggio
Definition
Where the notes of a chord are spread out instead of together
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Tonality
Definition
Major (happy), Minor (sad), Modal (folk) or Atonal (clashing/dissonant)
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