Week 1, Lecture 3

1. Binary form types

• Bach English Suite, Menuet II, IAT p. 10
  • sectional, rounded binary (see Douglass Green, Form in Tonal Music). The form is rounded in that the opening phrase (Aa) returns to begin the final section (mm. 25-32). Because the second part of the piece is longer than the first, the term asymmetrical binary may also be applied.
• Bach French Suite, Menuet, IAT, p. 74 (Ex. 2 of Part II)
  • assymetrical, sectional, but not rounded: the return of the original key at m. 29 is accompanied by phrase Ab, with an altered ending to close in C minor.

2. Other terms that may be applied (refer to French Suite Menuet example and apply where possible to English Suite Menuet II)

• open, closed: denotes whether the end of the first main section is on the tonic or not
• sequence (e.g., mm. 17-22)
• step progression (e.g., mm. 5-7)
• hypermeasure (e.g., mm. 17-18, 19-20, 21-22)
• prolongation (mm. 25-28)
• voice exchange (m. 4, also m. 1, both elaborated in the melody)
• linear intervallic pattern (LIP; mm. 17-22; IAT pp. 39-40)
• syncopation (mm. 17ff)
• tonal change (mm. 5-8)
• compound melody (mm. 17-22, also m. 1)
• augmentation (mm. 29-31 in the lower voice)