MUS 505 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thirty-Two-Bar Form, Strophic Form, Ragging
19 Feb 2020
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Chorus: sections of repeated melody and text in a song. Often alternates with the verses and is usually the most memorable part of the song. Bridge: structural section of a piece that presents new musical material (chords, lyrics and/or melody). Verse-retrain form: song form in which a verse introduces a subsequent refrain (often aaba or. Common to tin pan alley songs of 1920s and 30s. Strophic: musical form in which lyrics change but musical sections (verses) repeat. Timbre: the subjective quality of a single sound (tone). Aaba form: musical form of four sections, in which three sections (called a) are identical and one section (b) provides contrast. Generally, people clap their hands or tap their feet to the music on the main beats. Indicated in formal musical writing by the short forms pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, etc. As quiet as the individual instrument or voice can play/sing. As loud as the individual instrument or voice can play/sing.
