work in which some or all of the movements share related material
Cyclic form
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Development
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a musical form during which thematic material, introduced earlier, is greatly extended
Open form
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a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop
Ternary form
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Fugue
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form in which a subject theme is introduced and then extended and developed through some number of successive imitations
Note
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a single sound of a particular pitch and length which is notated with a symbol made up of a note head, a stem (in some cases)…
Preparation
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a harmonic device in which a note which causes a chord to be discordant is used in the previous chord within which it is conc…
Riddle canon
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a canon in which the composer has left it to the performer to choose at which point and at which pitch the following voice(s)…
Rounded binary
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compositional form with two sections, in which the second ends with a return to material from the first, each section is usua…