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1 Introduction to Music: Musical Forms & Styles

Instructor: Anthony JohnsonCourse: Music 100

2 Musical FormMusical form is the wider perspective of a piece of music.It describes the
layout of a composition as divided into sections, akin to the layout of a city divided into
neighborhoods.Form in art also has a great deal to do with emotional quality. It is not only a
structure or intellectual matter.Remember that the one main function beyond the emotional
and structural is:Form is the relationship that connects those beginnings, middles, and ends
of musical pieces.

3 Musical Form A great example of this is found in a symphony.

Often times at the end of a symphony the reentry of the melody returns.Lastly: Remember
music has 4 essential elements that contribute to form as well as music as a whole: rhythm,
melody, harmony, and tone color.These 4 main ingredients of composition are the materials
used to manipulate music. The composer uses these elements like any other artesian uses
other types of material such as clay.

4 Musical FormLike the word Rhythm form refers to a broad general meaning. It still refers
to the organization of elements within a musical work.A form refers to one of many
standardized formal patterns that have been used for centuries. These will be discussed
individually throughout this unit.As we go through these standardized patterns are expressed
by letter diagrams such as ABA or aba.When you see small letters it usually means that the
section you are listening too is often a shorter section within the

5 Musical Form There are 2 basic factors that create musical form
Repitation: in a form where ABA is the musical order the A section is presented and then
returns after a contrasting section:It is repeated:Contrast: Is the B section of the musical
order and is a introduction of new musical material, being completely different from the A
section. Think of the B section this way:Is it in a different mode?Does it contrast in rhythm,
texture, or tone color?Does it work by ringing changes on the original material?The real point
about great music is the way composers refine, order, and modify, as well as personalize
these conventional forms to express their own ideas.

6 Musical Form GenreThis term is used to categorize different styles of music, it was
barrowed from the French. Genre is the term.Another term used in this area is: Style.This is
another broad term that describes how a composer puts music together. It also can refer to a
given time period when music was composed.It is like Art: it is the combination of qualities
that make it distinctive.Composers favor different styles like jagged rhythms, simple
harmonies or simple tunes.Yet another may like to uses certain types of tone colors or
textures, and particular forms.Finally, emotional expression a composer is an important
determinant of musical style.

7 Musical Form Genre Musical style and lifestyle:

These 2 terms bear a very close relationship.Lifestyle influences musical style by how
cultural situations dictate what is being composed. Example during the baroque period
oratorios were written during a particular time of the year when opera was not to be
composed or played.How one lives their life often played into the compositions being written,
or whom commissioned music, or even where they made a home.We will examine musical
style in more detail with individual composers and music and the main concern will be music
and not composers or culture, but remember that those factors will make a difference on how
style is defined.Yet another may like to uses certain types of tone colors or textures, and
particular forms