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==Resources==
==Resources==


==== Reading: ====
====Reading:====


* [https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:'']
*[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:'']


**[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch4.pdf Chapter 4: “Classical Forms”]
**[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch4.pdf Chapter 4: “Classical Forms”]


* [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
** [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FormInPopularMusic.html Chapter 12: Form in Popular Music]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FormInPopularMusic.html Chapter 12: Form in Popular Music]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BinaryAndTernaryForms.html Chapter 24: Binary and Ternary Forms]
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SonataAndRondoForms.html Chapter 25: Sonata and Rondo Forms]





Revision as of 04:12, 17 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Rhythm, Meter & Form category.

Objectives

  • Students will be able to analyze a composition using formal notation (A, A’, B, etc.).
  • Students will be familiar with common forms such as sonata allegro, da capo aria, and popular song form.

Resources

Reading:


Class Activities

  • Discussion and definition of the concept of formal analysis, and of common large-scale forms
  • Formal analysis of music in different genres and time periods
  • Creation of a compositional formal blueprint based around two or three given melodies or motives

Assignments

  • Comprehension questions
  • Formal analysis of written and recorded music
  • Creation of a formal blueprint for a piece to meet given criteria

Files

Notes