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Music 100 Week 2 Lesson 2d Musical Form
Music 100 Week 2 Lesson 2d Musical Form
Week 2
Chapter 2: Lesson 2d:
The Elements of Music Musical Form
Musical
contrast
• Ternary form
Musical – ABA
A: phrase 1-2
B: phrase 3-4
A: phrase 5-6
• Sonata form
Musical – Used in sonatas and symphonies
– 3 -part form: exposition,
Form: development, recapitulation
Form
Musical Form:
the Blues
(measures
I I I I
1–4) 12-bar blues:
• 3 lines of verse
(measures • First line is repeated.
IV IV I I • Third line is different.
5–8)
• Creates A A B pattern.
• Standard Harmonic pattern
(measures
V IV I I
9–12) A blues song by Joni Mitchell, ”A Bird that
Whistles” Listen here.
Listen to the version by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole’s version of the song here.
Revel Quiz 2.3: Musical Form