Musical Forms & Their Shapes

An A3 wall chart of eight musical forms, each with a structure diagram and a listening tip, plus panels on hearing a form, how key is part of the plan, and the terminology of coda, bridge and da capo.

What's inside

• Eight form cards — binary, rounded binary, ternary, minuet and trio, rondo, theme and variations, sonata form, and strophic and through-composed — each with a structure diagram
• A "listen for" tip alongside each form to guide the ear to its defining moment
• How key is part of the plan, not just decoration, in binary and sonata forms
• Terminology every listener should know — coda, bridge or transition, and da capo or dal segno