Form/analysis Test One

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ASYMMETRICAL

Back 1

period in which phrases differ in length

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CADENTIAL EXTENSION

Back 2

prolongation or delay of the cadence

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CONTRASTING

Back 3

period in which musical content of phrases differ

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DOUBLE PERIOD

Back 4

period sturcture where the q & a relationship is fulfilled by pairs of phrases

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ELISION

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connection of 2 phrases where cadential point of 1st is when the 2nd phrase begins

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INTERPOLATION

Back 6

lengthening phrase repition by inserting material that's not in the original phrase

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LINK

Back 7

material between 2 phrases but isn't a part of either phrase

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MODULATING

Back 8

period where modulation occurs in the ans. phrase

Front 9

PARALLEL

Back 9

period where musical content of phrases is the same

Front 10

SYMMETRICAL

Back 10

period where phrases are the same length

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PERIOD

Back 11

q/a element, made up of 2 or more small units

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PHRASE

Back 12

smallest musical unit that ends in a cadence

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PHRASE GROUPS

Back 13

phrases you can put together but that don't have a q/a

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EXPOSITORY

Back 14

exposes musical materials that are important in context of whole piece

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TRANSITIONAL

Back 15

serves connecting function between sections of musical content

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DEVELOPMENTAL

Back 16

contains previous info in different form

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TERMINATIVE

Back 17

brings sections or complete works to a close

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SIMPLE BINARY FORM

Back 18

parts separated by :||, parts related but not the same

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ROUNDED BINARY FORM

Back 19

ABA - 2nd A comes back partially or fully

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SIMPLE TERNARY

Back 20

ABA, A's aren't that form based

Front 21

COMPOSITE TERNARY

Back 21

smaller forms are clearly perceived in larger form's structure

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CONTRAPUNTAL

Back 22

more than one melody at the same time

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HOMOPHONIC

Back 23

block chords w/the same rhythm

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POLYPHONIC

Back 24

more than one melody at once but rhythm independent

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AUGMENTATION

Back 25

lengthening note values of the motive

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CONTRACTION

Back 26

reduction of size of 1 or more intervals in a motive

Front 27

STATEMENT & CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT

Back 27

one voice imitates another is some form

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DIMINUTION

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use of shorter note values for all or part of a motive

Front 29

EXPANSION

Back 29

enlargement of size of 1 or more intervals in a motive

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FRAGMENTATION

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use of part of a motive

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IMITATION

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repetition of motive or fragment in a different voice

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INVERSION

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reversal of direction of intervals in a motive

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POINT OF IMITATION

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marks beginning of series of imitative entries in contrapuntal piece

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RETROGRADE

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reversal of order of intervals in a motive

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SEQUENCE

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repetition in the same voice of a motive or fragment at a different pitch level

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STRETTO

Back 36

overlapping imitation of subject/answer in a fugue

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TEXTURAL INVERSION

Back 37

top & bottom voices do same thing but 1 higher than normal & 1 lower than normal

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REAL ANSWER

Back 38

exact transposition of the subject

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TONAL ANSWER

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some notes are changed in transposition

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COUNTERSUBJECT

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theme that shows up as many times as the ans or sub shows up

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TONALITY

Back 41

abrupt change in key or mode

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RHYTHM

Back 42

systematic change in prevailing note value

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TIMBRE

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change in tone color - being able to distinguish between different instruments

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TEXTURE

Back 44

change in rhythmic & melodic relationships between voices

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MOTIVE

Back 45

return of prominent melodic or rhythmic event