In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance. In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of...

musical line, usually ending on a tonally stabilizing pitch, with variety being created by couplets of different lengths and with different musical arches...

a musical composition with roots in improvisation. The fantasia, like the impromptu, seldom follows the textbook rules of any strict musical form. The...

The sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a...

Verse–chorus form is a musical form going back to the 1840s, in such songs as "Oh! Susanna", "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", and many others...

Ternary form, sometimes called song form, is a three-part musical form consisting of an opening section (A), a following section (B) and then a repetition...

tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably...

surrounding whether it is truly a musical instrument or an object formed by animals. The earliest objects whose designations as musical instruments are widely accepted...

Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process...

accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance...

chord progression, form, and meter. The attempt to structure and communicate new ways of composing and hearing music has led to musical applications of set...

implemented by Confucian scholar-officials [...], these theories helped form a musical Confucianism that overshadowed but did not erase rival approaches. These...

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical –...

development. The 19th-century instrumental ballade emerged as a distinctive musical form that broke away from the traditional sonata and rondo structures. Rather...

Bar form (German: die Barform or der Bar) is a musical form of the pattern AAB. The term comes from the rigorous terminology of the Meistersinger guilds...

adhere Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece The Forms (band), an American indie rock band Form (computer...

information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections...

Dumka (Ukrainian: думка, dúmka, plural думки, dúmky) is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages...

A variety of musical terms is encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian...

to instrumental music. While most musical forms such as ternary form (ABA), rondo form (ABACABA), and sonata form (ABA') rely on repetition, through-composed...

isolated or staccato chords." On Plate G depicts a musical form to the piece by Gounod. Describing a musical form "created" by Wagner (on Plate W), the authors...

Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships)...

Cyclic form is a technique of musical construction, involving multiple sections or movements, in which a theme, melody, or thematic material occurs in...

repeated the second A section. Christina's tune had the musical form AABA. This is the musical form of "Waltzing Matilda" sung today. When Christina arrived...

form is a sectional structure for a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order, of all or most musical sections such that the overall form is...

word στροφή (strophḗ, "turn"). It is the simplest and most durable of musical forms, extending a piece of music by repetition of a single formal section...

emancipation in the Southern United States. Alternative names for the original form of the dance were "chalkline-walk", and the "walk-around". It was originally...

Binary form is a musical form in 2 related sections, both of which are usually repeated. Binary is also a structure used to choreograph dance. In music...

Theme-and-variation forms are, however, based specifically on melodic variation, in which the fundamental musical idea, or theme, is repeated in altered form or accompanied...

Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since...