Form and Timbre

Form
 is the structure of a song or a musical
composition
 It denotes both general structural
principles and specific schematic designs
of musical composition
 Musical Unit
Note- a symbol for musical sound with corresponding
time value
Motive- smallest coherent, self contained in music
- consist of two or more successive notes which form
a distinctive rhythmic pattern, pitch pattern or melodic
pattern
- gives distinct character or mood of music
 Musical Unit
Phrase- more complete ad comprehensive
musical utterance than motive
 Musical Unit
Period- composed of two related phrases
ANTECEDENT (question)
CONSEQUENT ( answer)
Section- made of one or more periods, phrase
groups or other more irregular structure
Composition- independent and complete
musical piece with specific element and
identity
 Cadence
- Isa more or less definite conclusion in music
occurring at the ends of phrases or larger
musical unit
 Generally considered to consist of the two final
two chords and concurrent melodic material.
2 Kinds f Cadence
1) Harmonic
2) Melodic
 VARIATION
- a change in musical theme
Kinds of Variation
1) Temporal- change of meter, tempo, rhythm)
2) Tonal – repetition of the same motive or phrase on
different pitch, transposition
3) Timbre-Dynamic – change in dynamic, articulation,
instrumentation
4) Textural – accompaniment, texture and harmony
 SECTIONAL Form
- are musical form of which structures can be
identified through sectional analysis between the
principles of repetition and contrast
Typical Sectional Form
1) Unitary (A)
2) Strophic ( 𝐀 𝟏 𝑨𝟐 ¿
3) Binary ( AB)
4) Ternary ( ABA, ABC)
5) Rondo (ABACA)
 Unitary Form (A)
 One unrepeated section
 is a part short musical piece that
contain only one main melody

Example: PILIPINAS KONG MAHAL

 STROPHIC FORM
 One repeated section
 also called verse-repeating form, chorus form,
AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a
song structure in which all verses or stanzas of
the text are sung to the same music. 

Example: Bahay Kubo

- start Bahay Kubo…..
- start s Kundol, patola……
 Binary ( AB)

- is a two section from with two

different melodic ideas

Example: Bayan Ko
Paru Parung Bukid
Kay Liiit ng Mundo
 Ternary
- it is the ABA form because it has three parts
which contain two melodic ideas with a
repetition of the first

Example: Tinikling ( ABA)

Lupag Hinirang ( ABC)
 Rondo (ABACA)
 Three distinct sections of which section A is sung
or played thrice and thereat making it five
sections

Example – Maligayang Araw

 Assignment: Feb 22, 2023

Answer page 52 - I
 Assignment Answer:
UNITARY 1) Leron, Leron Sinta
BINARY 2) Bayan Ko
TERNARY 3) Sarung Banggi
BINARY 4) Pamulinawen
TERNARY 5)Sampaguita _
 Assignment Answer:
RONDO (ABACA) 6) Fur Elise
TERNARY (ABA) 7) Forbidden Love
TERNARY(ABA) 8)Ballade por Adelain
BINARY 9) Entertainer
TERNARY(ABA) 10) Song for Ana
 Human Voice
the sound uttered
from the mouth when
speaking or singing
 Different vocal register

Tenor -– highest
Soprano highest male
voice voice
female
Arnel Pineda
 Regine Velasquez
Ogie
 Lea Alcasid
Salonga
Gary
 Lani Valenciano
Misalucha
Bass––lowest
Alto lowest female
male
voice
voice
 Jose Marie Chan
 Jolina Magdangal
 Christian Bautista
Jaya
 Toni Gonzaga
 ROndallA

Is a group of
instrumentalists who uses
stringed
instrument for
their music
 INSTRUMENT USED IN RONDALLA

BANDURIA
a 14-string musical
instrument with a
pear shaped body
and a short fretted
neck played by plucking
the stringed. Usually
plays the melody part.
 INSTRUMENT USED IN RONDALLA

Octavina
a 14-string
musical
instrument that
resembles a small
guitar. It usually plays the tenor part.
 INSTRUMENT USED IN RONDALLA

Laud
a 14-string musical
instrument that looks
like a bigger banduria
with a longer neck. Its
sounding hole is like
that of a violin. It is
usually plays the alto
part
 INSTRUMENT USED IN RONDALLA

Bajo De Arco
a 4-string musical
instrument that looks like
a double bass, played by
plucking the strings with
the fingers. Its player
plays in the standing
position.
 INSTRUMENT USED IN RONDALLA

Guitar
a six-string musical
instrument played by
plucking or
strumming with a
pick or fingers. It is
used in
accompaniment.
 HIMIG kawayan
A group of instrumentalists who uses bamboo
instrument in their music.
It is a group
similar to the
Pangkat Kawayan
of Mr. Victor
Toledo who also
manufactures
different bamboo
instrument
 HIMIG kawayan

Talunggating – a marimba wood plates tuned

Chromatically
with bamboo
resonators.
It is played by
striking the
wood plates with
a rubber-cushioned
wooden beater
 HIMIG kawayan

Alugtog or Angklung – a bamboo rattle

individually tuned to complete a chromatic scale
form an octave
lower than middle
C to F of the third
eye. It is played by
shaking or rattling
the entire instrument.
 HIMIG kawayan

Bumbong – a cut of a bamboo tube carved with a hole

near the base of the
close internode
round enough
for the lips to
vibrate in.
Sound is produce
by allowing the
lips to vibrate
while blowing through the hole.
TEXTURE
AND
HARMONY
 TEXTURE
Is the relationship of melodic and
harmonic elements in music
which produces qualities of
lightness or heaviness, thickness
or thinness.
 Characteristics of Texture
Thickness
–multiple
melodic lines

Thinness
-single
melodic lines
 Kinds of Texture
1) Monophonic- single
melodic line without
accompaniment

2) Homophonic –
melody is accompanied
by chords or with
accompaniment.
 Kinds of Texture
3)Polyphonic- tow or more
melodies are sounded together
simultaneously
 Round Song -when two (or more) groups
sing the same song at different times to
create harmony..
 Partner Song- when two different
songs are sung at the same time to create
harmony.
 HARMONY
-Is the simultaneously sounding or combination of
tones

Chords- groupings of 3 or more tones at different

pitch and harmoniously sounded together .
 Classification of Chords
Triad – has the simplest chord having
tones

Consonance- agreeable and harmonious

effects of chords such as major and minor
 Classification of Chords
Dissonance- combination of chords that has the effect of
tension which usually resolves to a consonant chord, like
7th chord, augmented and diminished

Broken Chord- a chord which tones are played one after

the other rather than simultaneously.
 Chords Progression
Succession of chords in the
accompaniment. It is the manner by
which chord change.
 Assignment

Answer pages 56, 58, 60

61- I only
65- I only
67 – II only