Introduction To Large Forms   
Moores School of Music
University of Houston

Tim Koozin

Binary and Ternary Forms

Terms:

phrase                Binary Form                   Simple Ternary Form
period                Rounded Binary Form    Da Capo Forms
double period    Open/Closed Forms        Compound Ternary Form
                                                                  Minuet and Trio

Analysis: Play through each assigned piece at the piano or listen to a recording. Mark all cadences, modulations, and formal divisions. Try to identify one particularly distinctive feature in each piece.