Unit Objectives

By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 

• Identify and define key sections and characteristics of various musical forms and structures, including fugue, sonata form, rondo form, and theme & variation. 

• Describe and demonstrate through composition different ways that composers vary motivic and thematic material in large forms. 

• Analyze examples from the repertoire that include the forms above, labeling formal sections, key areas, and themes. Create a form diagram to summarize the analysis.