Themes

The video tutorial explains the concept of musical themes, comparing them to musical sentences and paragraphs. It discusses how themes are constructed using motifs, phrases, and periods, and provides examples from Mozart's 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' and Haydn's 'Emperor String Quartet'. The tutorial also introduces terms like monothematic and polythematic, and briefly mentions fugues. The video concludes with a preview of the next topic on creating musical forms.

What is a musical theme typically compared to?

• A musical paragraph

• A musical word

• A musical chapter

• A musical sentence

In the classical period, what were the usual lengths for musical themes?

• 4, 8, or 12 measures

• 8, 12, or 16 measures

• 16, 20, or 24 measures

• 12, 16, or 20 measures

Which piece by Mozart is used as an example to explain musical themes?

• Requiem

• The Magic Flute

• Symphony No. 40

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

What is the term for a movement with only one theme?

• Fugue

• Bipartite

• Polythematic

• Monothematic

In a fugue, what is the theme called?

• The subject

• The motif

• The period

• The phrase