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| − | '''Form''' is the | + | '''Form''', in reference to [[music]], illustrates the structure of a musical piece through ideas such as the design, plan, shape and architecture. Generally, the [[composer]] will plan the layout of his music, otherwise it may give the feeling of shapeless wandering. |
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| + | The form of a piece of music is made clear by the arrangement of its "phrases" and "sentences". A phrase may consist of a few short bars (usually 4), then ending with a [[cadence]] or "point of rest". Musical form may be thought of as like the words we speak or write. Music needs introduction, breathing points, punctuation, rests and endings. A cadence may be final or intermediate (ie. non-final). Final cadences are the perfect and plagal, corresponding to a full stop. Non-final cadences are the imperfect and interrupted, corresponding to the semicolon or comma. | ||
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Revision as of 03:09, January 19, 2009
Form, in reference to music, illustrates the structure of a musical piece through ideas such as the design, plan, shape and architecture. Generally, the composer will plan the layout of his music, otherwise it may give the feeling of shapeless wandering.
The form of a piece of music is made clear by the arrangement of its "phrases" and "sentences". A phrase may consist of a few short bars (usually 4), then ending with a cadence or "point of rest". Musical form may be thought of as like the words we speak or write. Music needs introduction, breathing points, punctuation, rests and endings. A cadence may be final or intermediate (ie. non-final). Final cadences are the perfect and plagal, corresponding to a full stop. Non-final cadences are the imperfect and interrupted, corresponding to the semicolon or comma.