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Structure - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Macro Structure: The overall shape.
        
        The number of sections
      - Micro Structure
      - Unity: What is happening that is the same? (e.g. instruments, melodic or harmonic material, rhythms, dynamics, size of the section)
      - Contrast: What is happening that is different?
- - - - Common Forms
        
        Binary Form - two different sections (AB)
        
        Ternary Form ('turn around') - three different sections (ABA)
        
        Rondo Form ('round') - returning main theme with contrasting sections between the returns (ABACA)
        
        12 Bar Blues - twelve-bar pattern with a set chord structure.
        ( I I I I - IV IV I I - V IV I I) the last line of chords may vary.
        
        Verse/Chorus Form
        
        Several components:
        
        introduction
        
        verse
        
        chorus
        
        bridge or middle 8
        
        pre-chorus
        
        solo
        
        coda or outro.
        
        In any one song, you may have different variations of all of these features that make up the same overall macro form.
      - Specific Forms
        
        Theme & Variation (A A1 A2 A3 etc.)
        
        12 Bar Blues
      - Vocal Forms
        
        Strophic - A vocal form that contains verses only. Each verse has the same melody but new lyrics.
      - Structures in World Music