Binary Form - ANSsimplest music form; consists of a question and answer section
Ternary Form - ANSABA form
Rondo Form - ANSABACA form
Sonata Form - ANSABA; derived from ternary form; used by classical and early romantic
composers
exposition - development - recapitulation
Minuet and trio Form - ANSprogression from ternary form. Follows simple ABA form with a
contrasting middle "trio" section
ABA CDC ABA
Fugue Form - ANSa contrapuntal form, beginning with an initial theme/"subject" and is
successively taken up by other parts
Strophic Form - ANSAAA; the same music is repeated with every stanza of the poem
12 Bar Blues - ANSI I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I
AAB form
Major Pentatonic Scale - ANS1 2 3 5 6
Guitar string order (top to bottom) - ANSE A D G B E
Theme and Variation Form - ANStheme is presented and then altered in some way
Arch form - ANSABCBA; symmetrical structure within which a unit of music progresses toward a
midpoint and then more or less retraces its steps
Clave rhythm - ANSa syncopated rhythmic pattern, played on the claves, in rumba, son, salsa,
etc.
2-3
Tango rhythm - ANS4/4 music from Argentina; 3-3-2
Waltz rhythm - ANSMusic in triple meter 3/4, European style, such as Gershwin
, rubato - ANSflexibility or stretching of tempo, which works against the idea of structure
ostinato - ANSa musical pattern that is repeated, providing melodic structure in form, rhythm,
and melody
ritenuto - ANSimmediately slower
secondary dominant - ANSan altered chord having dominant relationship to a chord in a key
other than the tonic typically preceding a specific chord
grave - ANSslow and solemn
largo - ANSslow and broad
adagio - ANSslow
lento - ANSslow
allegretto - ANSnot as fast as allegro
andante - ANSwalking
moderato - ANSmoderate/medium
allegro - ANSfast
vivo/vivace - ANSlively and brisk
presto - ANSvery fast
Ionian mode - ANSsame as major scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C)
Dorian mode - ANSnatural minor with a raised 6 (C-D-Eb-F-G-A-Bb-C)
Phrygian mode - ANSnatural minor with a lowered 2 (C-Db-Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-C)
Lydian mode - ANSmajor scale with raise 4 (C-D-E-F#-G-A-B-C)
Mixolydian mode - ANSA major scale with the 7th lowered a half step
(C-D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C)
Aeolian mode - ANSnatural minor scale (C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-C)
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