MUSIC 6

MUSICAL FORM
MUSICAL IDEAS IN A PIECE ARE LABELLED
WITH LETTERS TO ORGANIZE IT IN THE
SCORE.

THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PIECE IS

ALWAYS LABELLED “A” IF THE NEXT
SECTION SOUNDS DIFFERENTLY FROM “A”
IT WILL BE LABELED “B”

IN THE SAME WAY, A SECTION THAT HAS A

DIFFERENT MELODY WITH A or B is
LABELED C.
FORM
- IN MUSIC, IT REFERS
TO THE STRUCTURE OF
A MUSICAL PIECE OR A
PERFORMANCE.
UNITARY - (A) ONE
VERSE/PART AND ONE
MELODY

STROPHIC - (AAAAA) MANY

VERSES WITH THE SAME
MELODIES.
WE PERCEIVE THE FORM OF
A PIECE/MUSIC BY
LISTENING TO IT.

YOU CAN ALSO KNOW THE

FORM OF THE MUSIC BY
LOOKING AT A MUSICAL
SCORE.
 SIMPLE MUSICAL
FORMS
•BINARY FORM (AB) (AABB)
•TERNARY FORM (ABA)/(ABC)
•RONDO FORM (ABACA)
BINARY FORM
- BINARY (AB) HAS 2 CONTRASTING
SECTIONS
- HAS 2 PARTS/VERSE WITH DIFFERENT
MELODIES.
- A MUSICAL FORM MADE UP OF ONLY
TWO PARTS AND ARRANGED IN AB
SEQUENCE.
TERNARY FORM
- TERNARY (ABA) HAS 3 SECTIONS, THE
THIRD SECTION IS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST;
(ABC) - HAS 3 DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND
MELODIES
- IT IS A THREE-PART FORM FEATURING A
RETURN OF THE INITIAL MUSIC AFTER A
CONSTRACTING SECTION.
RONDO FORM
- RONDO IS A MUSICAL FORM WHEREIN
THE A SECTION IS REPEATED EVERY AFTER
A CONSTRASTING SECTION.

- A SONG IN RONDO FORM USUALLY ENDS

WITH A SECTION. IT IS ALSO CALLED
ABACA FORM.
REPEAT MARKS
- AREUSED IN MUSICAL PIECES
TO TELL THE REPETITION OF
SECTIONS.
Da Capo (D.C.) - means that the
musical piece is to be repeated from
the beginning of the composition
Dal Segno (D.S.) - tells the musical
piece is to be repeated from the sign
fine - means the end.

al fine - means up to the end.

D.C. al Fine - means repeat from

the beginning until the word fine.
 is the first ending of the section

is the second ending after singing

the repetition indicated by the repeat
sign.

Coda ( ) is the last line

of the song.