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