Musical form

thumb|upright=1.2|American jazz singer and songwriter Billie Holiday in New York City in 1947 A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella.

ordered set of musical pieces normally performed in a concert

thumb|Title page of Franz Rigler's "Three Rondos" (1790) thumb|First page of the manuscript for Mozart's [[Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello]] The rondo or rondeau is a musical form that contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes (generally called "episodes", but also referred to as "digressions" or "couplets"). Some possible patterns include: ABACA, ABACAB, ABACBA, or ABACABA (with the letter 'A' representing the refrain).

musical form

type of art music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative

overall structure or plan of a piece of music

thumb|upright=1.35|Bach's four-part chorale setting of "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" as it appears in [[St Matthew Passion.]]

A ritornello (Italian; "little return") is a recurring passage in Renaissance music and Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

Baroque sonata for two or three melody instruments and continuo

musical form in two related sections, both of which are usually repeated (AA′BB′)

musical piece made up of short excerpts from different existing pieces, played one after the other

3-part musical form consisting of first section, second section and a repitition of section 1

musical form prevalent in the Baroque era

relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music

musical form

musical form

Bandish, cheez or gat is a fixed, melodic composition in Hindustani vocal or instrumental music. It is set in a specific raga, performed with rhythmic accompaniment by a tabla or pakhawaj, a steady drone, and melodic accompaniment by a sarangi, violin or harmonium. There are different ways of systematizing the parts of a composition. A bandish provides the literature element in the music, for standard structured singing. In the past many gharanas protected their bandishes from moving out of the family with gross incoherent vocal renditions. In the realm of vocal music, it is often known as che

technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements

Form in music