Binary

    A Binary Piece

    The Minuet

Ternary

    A Ternary Piece

Compound Ternary

    An Example

    The Minuets

Rondo

    A Rondo Example

Sonata

    A Sonata

Forms Summary

Phrases, Periods and Motives

    What is a Phrase?

    What is a Period?

    Parallel Period

    Contrasting Period

    Double Period

    Other Periods

    What is a Motive?

Other Tutorials:

Reading Music

Intervals

Scales

Chords

Harmonic Functions

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Contrasting Period

In a contrasting period the two phrases are different. An example:

We have shown the phrases using slurs. The first phrase ends with a half cadence and the second one with a perfect authentic cadence.