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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Hindemith's compositions are anchored by a foundational tone, and use musical forms and counterpoint and cadences typical of the Baroque and Classical traditions...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

particular pitches and rhythms to play. Open form is a term sometimes used for 'mobile' or 'polyvalent' musical forms, where the order of movements or sections...

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...

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...

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...

Italian: istanpitta) is a medieval dance and musical form which was a popular instrumental and vocal form in the 13th and 14th centuries. The name was...