MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Recitative, Formal Scheme, Figured Bass
13 Mar 2013
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A structural principle capable of creating pleasing balance & symmetry. A dramatic form in which conflict is resolved at the end: historically it was a rounded binary form terminology of sonata form, exposition (part 1) Bridge modulation (away from tonic to another key) secondary theme area secondary key (not tonic key) closing section secondary key: development (part 2) Modulatory (no stable key: recapitulation (part 2 continued) rounding of the binary form. Bridge modulation secondary theme area tonic key closing section (coda) tonic key. Sequence: short musical motive repeated over & over at different pitch levels: often featured in sections of music that are modulatory. Coda: the very last section of a music movement, occurring after overall formal scheme of movement is complete: sounds like the tonic chord over and over, not present in all movements, often brief. Opera = most important public musical genre.
