| Type of Unit |
Subjective |
Objective |
Introductory
|
- "setting the Stage"
- "Preparation for"
- Optional section
|
- Establish Tonality
- Often ends on Chord of Tension
- May have thematic material
|
Expository or Thematic
|
- "Here it is..."
- Basic Material presented
- Materials that form the subject of the composition
|
- Tonally Stable
- Regular Phrase Structure
- Thematic/Motivic Material
|
Transitional
(transition or retransition)
|
- "Traveling Music"
- Connecting two or more important units
|
- Tonally Unstable
- Modulation, Sequence, Dom. Prolongation
- Irregular Phrase Structure
- Tonal Preparation
|
Developmental
|
- "Working over"
- "Composer's Showcase"
- "Examining the Possibilities"
- Durchfuhrung
|
- Tonally Unstable
- Irregular Phrase Structure
- Thematic Fragmentation
- Counterpoint
- Modulation, Sequence
- Juxtaposition of Fragments
|
Episodic
|
- Music seems to "stand still"
- Lack of Direction
- Reflects Backward
- Mood setting qualities
|
- Repetitions or chord progressions
- non-cadential
|
Closing (Coda)
|
- Sense of "drawing to a close"
- "Winding down"
|
- Multiple cadencing (V-I)
- Tonic Pedal
- Subdominant Emphasis
- Massive Cadential Preparation
- Idiomatic Closing Gestures
- Often absence of melody
- tutti orchestra
|
