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Structures

Music can be made up from a number of ideas. Lego AnimationThese act like the bricks of a building.

Some possible musical structures are :-

BINARY - music using this structure has TWO sections labelled A and B. Here is a short piece made up from 2 sections. What differences are there between the two sections? (hint: listen to the instruments and what they are playing

TERNARY - this has THREE sections - A:B:A. This is rather like a 'musical sandwich' having two outer sections that are identical. Listen to this TERNARY piece. What do you notice about the last section? Is it completely identical to the first? If not why do you think it has been changed? Which instrument is being used ?

RONDO - this adds to TERNARY form like this A:B:A:C:A. Can you see the similarity? The 'C' section has been added. Listen to a simple RONDO piece. A string sound is being used. How are the two types of sound made on real instruments? What are the Italian terms for the two types of playing? Try to make a graphic representation of this piece (draw it using pictures).