Ternary form is a musical structure in three sections, with the first section repeated at the end. It is also referred to as ABA.

Melodic material refers to musical ideas that contribute to the melody (e.g. the melody and key musical ideas such as motifs, riffs or counter melodies).

Harmonic material refers to musical ideas that contribute to harmony of the music (e.g. the chords and chord sequence, the bass line and devices, including pedals).

Opening section of piano composition

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Thinking about structure

Music

Making more of melodies

Developing chord progressions

Making more of rhythmic ideas

Exploring texture and timbre

Free Composition: Extending ideas

Which of these is a musical structure in ternary form?

Repeated sections should contain some developed material.

Repeated sections should be heard at least three times.

What is an important consideration with ternary form structure?

Which of the following refers to melodic material?

Which of these would be referred to as harmonic material (ideas that contribute to harmony of the music)?

Add new melodic and harmonic ideas on the same instrument as earlier sections.

Add new chords but keep the melody from a previous section.

Play a melody and chords from a previous section but with alberti bass.

Change all musical elements to create a big contrast.

Which of these would not be a successful way of developing a section of music?

Soft chords could then be played low pitch.

An ascending melody could then be played descending.

A melody could be repeated on a different instrument.

Block chords could be played as arpeggios.

Give three appropriate ways we could create appropriate contrast in musical ideas.

a secondary melody that is the same as the main melody

a secondary melody played at the same time as the main melody

a secondary melody that plays after the main melody

a secondary melody that is an octave lower than the main melody

The way different sections of music are set out is called the __________.

Which two terms describes when the notes of a chord are played separately rather than all at the same time?

Which two of the following will change the texture of a composition?

A short melodic idea that is repeated in steps either rising or falling is called a {{}}.

Starter Quiz