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Structure of a piece of music
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_form
Chant or hymn sung during celebration of the Eucharist in many Christian denominations
musical line, usually ending on a tonally stabilizing pitch, with variety being created by couplets of different lengths and with different musical arches
Sequence_(musical_form)
Musical interpretation rooted in improvisation
fantaisie) is a musical composition with roots in improvisation. The fantasia, like the impromptu, seldom follows the textbook rules of any musical form. The term
Fantasia_(musical_form)
Music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing
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
Dance_music
3-part musical form
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
Ternary_form
Study of the practices and possibilities of music
implemented by Confucian scholar-officials [...], these theories helped form a musical Confucianism that overshadowed but did not erase rival approaches. These
Music_theory
Form of art using sound
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
Music
Musical structure of three main sections
The sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a
Sonata_form
Stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical –
Musical_theatre
Original musical piece, or the process of creating such
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
Musical_composition
Topics referred to by the same term
adhere Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece The Forms (band), an American indie rock band Form, 2010 album
Form
1905 book about Theosophy
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
Thought-Forms
Relationships between music and mathematics
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
Music_and_mathematics
Classification of music by tradition or style
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
Music_genre
One-movement instrumental piece
development. The 19th-century instrumental ballade emerged as a distinctive musical form that broke away from the traditional sonata and rondo structures. Rather
Ballade_(classical_music)
Music genre
Dumka (Ukrainian: думка, romanized: dúmka, plural думки, dúmky) is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic
Dumka_(musical_genre)
Broad tradition of Western art music
Classical music is often characterized by formality and complexity in its musical form and harmonic organization, particularly with the use of polyphony. Since
Classical_music
Form of song
Gregorian melodies are traditionally written using neumes, an early form of musical notation from which the modern four-line and five-line staff developed
Gregorian_chant
Musical form common in popular music
Verse–chorus form is a musical form going back to the 1840s, in such songs as "Oh! Susanna" and "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze". It became
Verse–chorus_form
information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections
List_of_musical_symbols
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
Glossary_of_music_terminology
Rondeau – French poetic-musical form. Trecento Madrigal – Secular polyphonic vocal composition. Virelai – French poetic-musical form. Estampie – Dance and
List of classical music genres
List_of_classical_music_genres
Musical structure with two contrasting sections
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
Binary_form
Arrangement of interrelated elements in an object/system, or the object/system itself
Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships)
Structure
Australian song
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
Waltzing_Matilda
Compositional technique
Cyclic form is a technique of musical construction, involving multiple sections or movements, in which a theme, melody, or thematic material occurs in
Cyclic_form
Type of dance
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
Cakewalk
Relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music
to instrumental music. While most musical forms such as ternary form (ABA), rondo form (ABACABA), and sonata form (ABA') rely on repetition, through-composed
Through-composed_music
Structure in music
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
Arch_form
Medieval dance and musical form
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
Estampie
American folk dance
of American folk dance or square dance in duple meter, and also the musical form associated with it. The most popular sense of the term is associated
Hoedown
Classical music form
rondo form is a musical form often used during the Classical and Romantic music eras. As the name implies, it is a blend of sonata and rondo forms. Rondo
Sonata_rondo_form
Self-contained part of a musical composition or form
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes
Movement_(music)
Music genre
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style noted for its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. It originated in African American communities
Ragtime
Music in which some element of the composition is left to chance
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
Aleatoric_music
Type of extended musical composition
concepts before ultimately settling on its current meaning designating a musical form. In late Greek and medieval theory, the word was used for consonance
Symphony
Introduction of main themes in a song structure
In musical form and analysis, exposition is the initial presentation of the thematic material of a musical composition, movement, or section. The use
Exposition_(music)
Musical form consisting of principal and contrasting themes
The rondo or rondeau is a musical form that contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes
Rondo
Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period
List of Italian musical terms used in English
List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English
Segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats
sense of hypermeter. The term was coined by Edward T. Cone in Musical Form and Musical Performance (New York: Norton, 1968), and is similar to the less
Bar_(music)
1966 song by the Beatles
musicologists and critics as groundbreaking in its presentation of a non-Western musical form to rock audiences, particularly with regard to authenticity and avoidance
Love_You_To
Musical pattern from the 15th century
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
Bar_form
Style of Jamaican folk music
calypso, a musical form from Trinidad and Tobago. Although the two share many similarities, they are separate and distinct musical forms. The conflation
Mento
Film by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.
Mean Girls is a 2024 American musical teen comedy film directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. from a screenplay written by Tina Fey. It is the
Mean_Girls_(2024_film)
Literary genre
practiced as a part of funerary rites, lamentation was considered a musical and feminine form of expression that was used to appease the deceased. As lament
Lament
1st episode of the 1st season of Phineas and Ferb
musical episode titled "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" was released for the second season, which reenacts the events of "Rollercoaster" in musical form
Rollercoaster (Phineas and Ferb)
Rollercoaster_(Phineas_and_Ferb)
Secular vocal music composition of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras
the motet (13th–16th centuries). The technical contrast between the musical forms is in the frottola consisting of music set to stanzas of text, whilst
Madrigal
2013 Broadway musical
Big Fish is a musical with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by John August. It is based on Daniel Wallace's 1998 novel, Big Fish: A Novel of
Big_Fish_(musical)
2022–24 adaptation of Homer's ''Odyssey''
Epic: The Musical (stylized as EPIC) is a nine-part series of album musicals (referred to as "sagas") written and produced in their entirety by Puerto
Epic:_The_Musical
Music genre originating in 1860s
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated
Blues
Topics referred to by the same term
free dictionary. Mambo most often refers to: Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form Mambo (dance), a dance corresponding to mambo music Mambo may also refer
Mambo
Musical terminology referring to range or pitch
as in a melody or part. It is also often related to timbre and musical form. In musical compositions, it may be fixed or "frozen". Register is often understood
Register_(music)
Component of a musical composition
written version of the song. a section in the large-scale form of a piece. (See § Musical form) Part-writing (or voice leading) is the composition of parts
Part_(music)
Social dance and musical form
also describes the musical form that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer musical form called the minuet
Minuet
Type of musical delivery involving rhythmic speech
between speech, prose, poetry, and singing. The word, which predates the musical form, originally meant "to lightly strike", and is now used to describe quick
Rapping
Musical form generally reflecting a triumph
A triumphal march is a musical form generally reflecting a triumph, victory or great joy. Many composers have written a triumphal march, with maybe the
Triumphal_march
Japanese music genre
stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular
Enka
Mathematical invariance under transformations
masks, and musical instruments. Symmetries are central to the art of M.C. Escher and the many applications of tessellation in art and craft forms such as
Symmetry
Instrumental musical rendition of a narrative
conception of musical form. Their 18th century predecessors often relied on well-defined formal patterns of composition, most notably sonata form. With the
Program_music
Type of theatre in New York City
talent kept Broadway hopping. To this day, the shows of the 1950s form the core of the musical theatre repertory." Kenrick notes that "the late 1960s marked
Broadway_theatre
French composer (1875–1937)
neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, Boléro (1928), in which repetition takes
Maurice_Ravel
1801 piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
Library Project "Beethoven Bookshelf". Maconie, Robin (2010). Musicologia: Musical Knowledge from Plato to John Cage. Scarecrow Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-8108-7696-5
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)
liturgy the Gregorian chant was for a thousand years the predominant musical form. In the Puritan tradition, there was traditionally a use of unaccompanied
Musical instruments in church services
Musical_instruments_in_church_services
Ordered set of classic musical pieces in a concert
similar forms in other musical traditions, such as the Turkish fasıl and the Arab nuubaat. In the Baroque era, the suite was an important musical form, also
Suite_(music)
Contrapuntal musical form based on a subject that recurs in imitation
and musical thinker Glenn Gould composed So You Want to Write a Fugue?, a full-scale fugue set to a text that cleverly explicates its own musical form. Fugues
Fugue
Legal concept regulating rights of a creative work
artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not
Copyright
Polish lively triple-meter musical form with accents on beats two and three
media help. The Mazurka (Polish: mazurek, GEN. mazurka) is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple metre, usually at a lively tempo
Mazurka
Length of time which a note can last
duration is also central to meter and musical form. Release plays an important part in determining the timbre of a musical instrument and is affected by articulation
Duration_(music)
Traditional Arabic musical form
"plaint" or "dirge", also transliterated 'ataba) is a traditional Arabic musical form sung at weddings, festivals, and other occasions. Popular in the Middle
Ataaba
A slow movement is a form in a multi-movement musical piece. Generally, the second movement of a piece will be written as a slow movement, although composers
Slow_movement_(music)
Musical form featuring a single instrument
A solo concerto is a musical form which features a single solo instrument with the melody line, accompanied by an orchestra. Traditionally, there are three
Solo_concerto
Musical form
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
Variation_(music)
Genre of electronic dance music
120 and 150 beats per minute (BPM), repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds tension and elements throughout a track often
Trance_music
Form of Renaissance dance
height. Musical compositions in the galliard form appear to have been written and performed after the dance fell out of popular use. In musical compositions
Galliard
Musical that premiered on Broadway in 2015
Something Rotten! is a musical comedy with a book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick and music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. Set in
Something_Rotten!
Recurring passage in Baroque music
opera in the eighteenth century. The most common form for an aria during the Baroque period was da capo form, which essentially consisted of an A section
Ritornello
1910 work by Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Musical Times, 1 October 1910, p. 650 "Gloucester Festival", The Daily Telegraph, 8 September 1910, p. 7 Langford, Samuel. "Gloucester Musical Festival"
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Fantasia_on_a_Theme_by_Thomas_Tallis
Musical form written in triple metre
The passacaglia (/pæsəˈkɑːliə/; Italian: [passaˈkaʎʎa]) is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used today by
Passacaglia
Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
for which he was in high demand. Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt and was admired by many musical contemporaries, including Robert Schumann
Frédéric_Chopin
Topics referred to by the same term
Pavan, alternate spelling of pavane, a slow 16th-century dance, or the musical form for such a dance Pavan (Hindu god), a god of wind in Hindu mythology
Pavan
Nations from Yad Vashem. After World War II he became a lecturer in musical form and analysis at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Akademie
Erwin_Ratz
Baroque musical form
The da capo aria (Italian pronunciation: [da (k)ˈkaːpo ˈaːrja]) is a musical form for arias that was prevalent in the Baroque era. It is sung by a soloist
Da_capo_aria
Orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
an unstructured musical form in Fatum. King Lear is not a symphonic poem in the manner of Liszt. It is a tragic overture in sonata form along the line
Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
Romeo_and_Juliet_(Tchaikovsky)
Renaissance term for a circular work of art
roundel. The infrequently-encountered synonym rondo usually refers to the musical form. Artists have created tondi since Greek antiquity. The circular paintings
Tondo_(art)
Type of song structure
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
Strophic_form
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
in the evolution of chamber music forms like the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have led him to be called "Father of
Joseph_Haydn
Guitar concerto by Joaquín Rodrigo
now commonly known as Instrucción de música sobre la guitarra española (Musical Instruction on the Spanish Guitar) (Donis 2005:75). Most of the movements
Fantasía_para_un_gentilhombre
Musical term
for trombone and piano. In opera, the term has been described as: a musical form appearing in operas and occasionally in cantatas and instrumental music
Cavatina
Concept in music theory
A musical argument is a means of creating tension through the relation of expressive content and musical form: Traditional dialectal music is representational:
Musical_argument
Italian musical form
musical form derived from the Franco-Flemish and Parisian chansons. The canzona is an instrumental musical form that differs from the similar forms of
Canzona
Art music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent
form before the Persian influences introduced changes in the system. Jayadeva's Gita Govinda from the 12th century was perhaps the earliest musical composition
Hindustani_classical_music
Kramer, Jonathan. 1978. "Moment Form in Twentieth Century Music"[link removed] (Subscription access). The Musical Quarterly 64:177–194. Kramer, Jonathan
Moment_form
Succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians
human communication and is found as a basic element of musical form, such as the verse-chorus form, in many traditions. In many African cultures, call and
Call_and_response_(music)
Western music created during the Middle Ages
composed in musical forms corresponding to the poetry they set, which were in the so-called formes fixes of rondeau, ballade, and virelai. These forms significantly
Medieval_music
Message delivered in song
A singing telegram is a message delivered by an artist in a musical form. Singing telegrams are historically linked to normal telegrams, but tend to be
Singing_telegram
Indonesian musical rhythmic and metric used in Gamelan
interpunctuating instruments play during that cycle, but they are also musical forms which are associated with specific structural patterns on a larger scale
Colotomy
Russian composer (1882–1971)
challenged to innovate music in areas beyond tonality, especially rhythm and musical form. In 1998, Time magazine listed Stravinsky as one of the 100 most influential
Igor_Stravinsky
American music theorist
series of articles and two books on musical form in European music around 1800. The first of those books, Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for
William_Caplin
Musically recited story in Indian traditions
It also refers to a genre of religious performance arts, connoting a musical form of narration, shared recitation, or devotional singing, particularly
Kirtan
Christian liturgical chant
proper of the Mass. A gradual can also refer to a book collecting all the musical items of the Mass. The official such book for the Roman Rite is the Roman
Gradual
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