1.5 Musical Form and Musical Style

Musical Form and Musical Style

• ^^Form^^ refers to the shape, arrangement, relationship, or organization of various elements
    * Highly influences the overall feeling of a piece
• Musical forms are expressed with ^^letters^^, like ABA
    * ^^Lowercase letters^^ are used for smaller sections of a piece
    * Complicated forms are indicated with ^^nesting^^ capital and lowercase letters
    * ^^A’^^ (prime) is when A is modified
• ^^Genre^^ is a term for different categories of music, defined by text, functions, or performing forces
• The ^^style^^ of a work of art is the combination of qualities that make it distinctive
    * Influenced by the general lifestyle/culture of the time