Form

​MUSICAL FORM

• What is musical form?

​MUSICAL FORM

• In music, form is the structure of a song. It is the way the song is put together and the patterns that different sections make.

• We usually give each section a letter name: A, B, C, etc.

• There are many, many forms in music, but we will focus on three common ones today

What are some common musical forms?

• AB (Binary Form)

• ABA (Ternary Form)

• ABACA (Rondo Form)

Open Ended

What is musical form?

Open Ended

What is the

Multiple Choice

What is the musical form of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

• AB (Binary)

• ABA (Ternary)

• ABACA (Rondo)

• Verse/Chorus

Multiple Choice

What is the form of this song?

• AB (Binary)

• ABA (Ternary)

• ABACA (Rondo)

Multiple Choice

What is the form of this song?

• AB (Binary)

• ABA (Ternary)

• ABACA (Rondo)

Multiple Choice

What is the form of this song?

• AB (Binary)

• ABA (Ternary)

• ABACA (Rondo)

Multiple Choice

What's another name for ABA?

• Binary form

• Ternary form

• Pipary form

• Rondo Form

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a musical form?

• Binary form

• Ternary form

• Pipary form

• Rondo Form

Reorder

Reorder these boxes into Rondo form.

• C

• A

• A

• A

• B

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5