Pick 4 of the 10 activities and complete them. Number 10 must be one of the four activities you choose.
Activity 1: What key areas are expected in the exposition of sonata-form in a major key? in a minor key? Demonstrate using C major and c minor.
Activity 2: What characteristics distinguish the first theme group from the second theme group?
Activity 3: Where are we likely to find a codetta? What are the characteristics of a codetta?
Activity 4: What are some typical elements of a development? How do we identify where a development section starts? How do we locate the retransition?
Activity 5: How is the material from the exposition typically changed when it reappears in the recapitulation? Where are the changes expected? Why?
Activity 6: How is the Classical-era sonata form like a continuous rounded binary form? How are the two forms different?
Activity 7: What are some differences between the Romantic-era and Classical-era sonata form?
Activity 8: How do we identify themes? transitional passages? In performance, how might you differentiate between themes and transitional passages?
Activity 9: How might knowing that a piece of music is in sonata form save you time in preparing and memorizing the music? Which sections might you compare as you prepare the work for performance?
Activity 10: In music for your own instrument, find an example of a concerto first-movement in sonata form. How does the movement correspond to the description presented in this chapter?
Activity 2: What characteristics distinguish the first theme group from the second theme group?
Activity 3: Where are we likely to find a codetta? What are the characteristics of a codetta?
Activity 4: What are some typical elements of a development? How do we identify where a development section starts? How do we locate the retransition?
Activity 5: How is the material from the exposition typically changed when it reappears in the recapitulation? Where are the changes expected? Why?
Activity 6: How is the Classical-era sonata form like a continuous rounded binary form? How are the two forms different?
Activity 7: What are some differences between the Romantic-era and Classical-era sonata form?
Activity 8: How do we identify themes? transitional passages? In performance, how might you differentiate between themes and transitional passages?
Activity 9: How might knowing that a piece of music is in sonata form save you time in preparing and memorizing the music? Which sections might you compare as you prepare the work for performance?
Activity 10: In music for your own instrument, find an example of a concerto first-movement in sonata form. How does the movement correspond to the description presented in this chapter?