Form and structure

6. linking passage
8. piece or part made up on the spot, normally based around an existing stimulus such as a chord progression
9. section of a song in which the words change but the music stays the same
12. short, repeated musical idea
13. makeup of musical sentences, comparable to written or spoken phrases, whether regular (e.g. two- or four-bars long) or irregular
15. opening passage which prepares for the introduction of the main idea
16. memorable part of a sung that recurs
17. section sometimes added at the end of a piece

1. structure of two sections, A and B. Each section is repeated. In the A section, the music modulates from the tonic to the dominant key. In section B, the music starts in the dominant and explores other keys before returning to the tonic at the end of the section.
2. musical form comprising several statements of a main theme interspersed with contrasting episodes, producing the pattern ABACA
3. when many parts drop out of the musical texture for a short period of time
4. reusing ideas throughout a piece
5. simple musical form in three sections with an ABA structure
7. short repeated passaged, esp. when created electronically
10. strophic songs have the same music for each stanza
11. short break in the groove (esp. drums) to fill in the gap between phrases
12. concluding section, esp. in popular music
14. short, memorable passage of music that is repeated, esp. in popular music