Form and Structure

Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson

you will be able to:

Define what form and

structure is
Explain the difference
between Binary and
Ternary Form
Compose a short Binary
Form piece

Key words

Form and Structure

Binary Form

Ternary Form

Punctuation in Music
Below is a story with no punctuation. Your task is to re-

write it and to put in all the necessary punctuation You

have 10 mins

morris the martian was flying around the solar system one
day when he saw a strange light in front of himwhat is that
he thought to himself morris was scared but he flew a little
bit closer so that he could see it betterhello he called out
there was no reply hello is anyone there he called but again
there was no reply suddenly a creature appeared in front of
the lightboo it shouted poor morris was really scared and he
flew off home and hid under his bed

Connection: The Answer

Morris the Martian was flying around the Solar System

one day, when he saw a strange light in front of him.

What is that?

He thought to himself. Morris was scared,

but he flew a little bit closer so that he could see it better.
"Hello," he called out. There was no reply.

"Hello. Is anyone there? He called, but again there was

no reply. Suddenly a creature appeared in front of the

light.
"BOO! It shouted. Poor Morris was really scared and he

flew off home and hid under his bed.

What is Form and Structure?

Apart from in an essay where else is

structure used?
In pairs discuss:

Why does music need structure?

What would music be like without
structure?

Definition:
Definition:
FORM:
FORM: Describes
Describes the
the
overall
overall layout
layout of
of aa
composition
composition
STRUCTURE:
STRUCTURE: How
How the
the
music
music is
is built
built

Binary and Ternary Form

Binary Form

A piece of music that

has 2 contrasting
sections. (AB)
Each section is
usually repeated.

Ternary Form

A piece of music that

has 3 sections.

The middle section

(B) is the contrasting
section, whilst the
first and last section
(A) are usually
exactly the same.

Binary Form Composing Sheet

Your task is to compose a contrasting section to section

A, writing out the notation

Think about the elements of music. You can add these to

section A ie, dynamics.

Extension on the manuscript paper a couple of

pages later on write an accompaniment for section

B using the bass clef.

Keywords re-cap & SelfAssessment

At the bottom of the sheet that you were just working on

tick, the smiley faces that best relate to the statements

Form

Binary Form

How the music is built up

Ternary Form
composition

Describes the overall layout of a

Structure

Has 2 contrasting sections

Has 3 sections ABA (section B is contrasting)