MUSIC101 Lecture : Form, Genre, Style.docx
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Form the shape of a piece of music; a way to talk about organization, the relationship of parts to a whole. Shape is determined by repetition, contrast, and development (change or variation) Every piece of music has a form. Many pieces of music follow one of many different more-or-less standardized forms. Forms give composers patterns to work with (or against), and listeners expectations to orient themselves with. But within a standard form, a piece still has a unique shape it"s own distinctive form. Genre a category of pieces sharing common traits. A social construct, not a consistent system.
