VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The New Grove Dictionary Of Music And Musicians, Ternary Form, Tonality

• School: UTSC
• Department: Music and Culture
• Course: VPMA93H3
• Professor: Dr. Brett Kingsbury

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Form (cid:862) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e or orga(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) (cid:373)usi(cid:272). Elements that help us recognize form: consonance/dissonance and their relationship with melodic or tonal completion, repetition of melodies, motives, and textures, cadences, changes in texture. Mozart variations on ah vous dirais je maman. Consonance an interval (two notes) that sounds resolved and stable. Dissonance an interval that sounds unresolved and unstable. Antecedent, consequent two musical phrases, the second of which is a concluding response to or resolution of the first. Closure a sense of relative musical stability or finality. Harmony the relationship of pitches as they sound simultaneously. Cadence a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution. Phrase a unit of musical materials articulated by a cadence or some other type of closure. Section a group of phrases (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h are related i(cid:374) the liste(cid:374)er"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:271)(cid:455) pro(cid:454)i(cid:373)it(cid:455) or (cid:373)usi(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t. Motive a short fragment of melody or rhythm used in constructing a long section of music.