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**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BinaryAndTernaryForms.html Chapter 24: Binary and Ternary Forms] | **[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] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SonataAndRondoForms.html Chapter 25: Sonata and Rondo Forms] | ||
*[https://www.academia.edu/7634222/_Form_in_Rock_Music_A_Primer_in_Engaging_Music_Essays_in_Music_Analysis_ed._D._Stein_Oxford_University_Press_2005_65-76 Covach, “Form in Rock Music: A Primer”] | |||
*''[http://openmusictheory.com/ Open Music Theory]'' | |||
**Sonata Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/SonataTheory-intro.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/SonataTheory-exposition.html 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataStructuralPointsOfArrival.html 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataThematicModules.html 4], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataRecap.html 5], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataDevelopment.html 6], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataFramingModules.html 7] | |||
**Rondo Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/rondo.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/thematicFunctionInRondo.html 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/fivePartRondo.html 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataRondo.html 4] | |||
**[http://openmusictheory.com/minuet.html Minuet Form] | |||
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==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 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:
- Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
- Covach, “Form in Rock Music: A Primer”
- Open Music Theory
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