Colin's Teaching Resources
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Ternary [ABA] Form
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"Simple Sandwich" Questions
"Simple" refers to the Music not the questions!
1. What is the key of the music? ___________________________
2. Briefly explain how bars 3 & 4 have been derived from bars 1 & 2.
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4. Circle the correct phrase structure for the tune in bars 1-16.
2 2 2 2 4 4; 2 2 4 2 2 4; 4 4 2 2 4; 4 4 4 4
5. To what key has the music modulated in bar 8? When did this process begin?
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6. Identify the cadences in the following places.
(a) bars 3-4 _______________________
(b) bars 7-8 _______________________
(c) last beat of 15-bar 16 _______________________
7. What is the key of the music in bars 17-32? _______________________
8. Which of the following describes this key? (a) (b) (c) (d) or (e)? ___________
(a) Dominant of the main key
(b) Tonic minor of the main key
(c) Subdominant minor of the main key
(d) Relative minor of the main key
(e) None of the above?
9. What is the key of the music in bar 24?
10. What is the similarity between the melody in bar 1 and in bar 17?
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11. Name the cadences at these points.
(a) bars 19-20 _______________________
(b) bars 23-24 _______________________
(c) last beat of 31-bar 32 _______________________
12. Why is it wrong to describe this music as being in Minuet and Trio form?
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13. With reference to your answer to question 4, does the music have
the same or a different phrase structure to bars 1-16? ___________
14. What details are missing from the music. List at least 3 suggestions.
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15. Look at these MELODY notes and tick the correct box to show the function of each one:-
| Unaccented passing note | Accented passing note | Upper auxiliary note | Lower auxiliary note | Harmony note | ||
| a | Bar 2; 2nd quaver | |||||
| b | Bar 4; 4th quaver | |||||
| c | Bar 5; 1st quaver | |||||
| d | Bar 6; the quaver | |||||
| e | Bar 7; last quaver | |||||
| f | Bar 13; 2nd quaver | |||||
| g | Bar 13; last quaver | |||||
| h | Bar 15; 3rd quaver |
More Difficult Questions
16. Which description fits the chord in bar 5 of the piano part? ___________
- Tonic chord (I) of D major
- Subdominant chord (IV) of A major
- Dominant chord (V) of G major
17. Which description fits the chord in bar 22 of the piano part? __________
- Dominant chord (V) of B minor, 2nd inversion
- Mediant chord (III) of D major, Root position
- Tonic chord (I) of F# minor, 1st inversion
- Subdominant chord IV) of C major, 1st inversion
18. Where is there a chord of the dominant 7th?
Give the bar of one such place, and key of the music in that bar.
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