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