Strophic

• multiple settings of text set to a singular musical strophe

• Music is modified to reflect changes in the text

• ABA with 121 text
• ABA with 123 text

• ABCD etc. with 1234 etc.

verse 1 --> ch.

verse 2 --> ch.

verse 3 --> ch.

verse 4 --> ch.

*sometimes has a bridge thrown in for added contrast

verse 1 --> ch.

ch.

ch.

ch.

aaba

abac

abca

*b section is bridge

3 4-bar phrases

aa'b

a= I///

a'=IV/I/

b=V/I/

lots of embellishing chords

transition from speech to song

classic chord progression

hypermetric qualities

general description

harmonically focused

meter/tempo firmly set

has a subject & episode

1. begins with subject in tonic key
2. statement of subject in another voice
3. episode in lots of closely related keys
4. modulates back to original key

theme of an invention

1-4 bars long

may appear in either voice

modulating passage; filler

contains snippits of the subject

altered subject via fragmentation inversion retrogradation

not necessarily between every single subject

exposition

episode

middle entry

episode

mid entry

episode

recapitulation

coda

motive theme of a fugue

(double fugue has 2 subjects)

statement of subject transposed to the dominant

occurs in the fugue's exposition

initial portion of the fugue

each voice enters seperately

all voices state either subject or answer

no order

the final statement in tonic key

outer voice

AB

A; may be sectional or continuous (ending on a PAC or a HC)

B; uses either new material or the same material as the A section

A B-A

a; same as simple binary

b; three criteria

- no thematic contrast

- harmonic instability; prolongs dominant harmony

- weak harmonic/melodic closure

2nd a; frequently abb.

A B A

a: sectional

b: strong thematic content

harmonic/ tonal stability in a contrasting key

strong closure

a: fully restated or expanded