Large Forms: Difference between revisions

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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.
Students will be familiar with macroformal structures such as song cycles, operas, oratorios, musicals, and concept albums.

Resources

Reading:

Snodgrass, Contemporary Musicianship:
- Chapter 4: “Classical Forms”

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

Formal Analysis: "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind (Word | Pages | PDF)
Formal Analysis: "Unfinished" by Barenaked Ladies (Word | Pages | PDF)
Formal Analysis: Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 by W. A. Mozart (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)

Notes

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 **[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/BinaryAndTernaryForms.html Chapter 24: Binary and Ternary 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]''
+*[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''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]