AB

The passage that ends a musical piece or movement.

The shape of melodic pitches

One phrase ends while another begins at the same time.

The act of delaying a cadence by adding more notes before the cadence.

This section of music helps prepare the return to the verse or chorus.

A melody played simultaneously with another melody.

I - I - I - I
IV - IV - I - I
V7 - IV - I - I

Augmentation

Conjunct

Diminution

Sequence

Truncation

Smallest identifiable musical idea
(can consist of pitch, rhythm, or both)

Phases combine to form larger structural unit

Disjunct

Question part of a cadence

Answer part of a cadence

Contrasting period

Parallel Period

Double Period

Phrase Group

Binary

Rounded Binary

Ternary

Through composed

Strophic

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