20221008090600 Analyzing Classical Form

Analyzing Classical Form

This note serves as a sort of MOC for William Caplin’s book Analyzing Classical Form.

Chapter 1

Harmonic function:

• Tonic
• Predominant
• Dominant

Harmonic progressions:

• Prolongational progression
  • Techniques to prolong a harmony
    • Pedal point
    • Neighbour chord
    • Passing chord
    • Substitute harmony
• Cadential progression
  • Cadence vs cadential progression
  • Kinds of cadential progressions:
    • Authentic cadential progression
    • Half-cadential progression
    • Deceptive cadential progression
  • Complete cadential progression
• Sequential progression

Chapter 2

The sentence.

• The simple sentence
• Basic idea
• Repetition of a basic idea
• The sentence as phrases:
  • Presentation phrase
  • Continuation phrase
• Understanding the sentence as functions
  • Presentation function
  • Continuation function
  • Cadential function
• Continuation function mechanisms:
  • Accelerating the harmonic rhythm
  • Fragmentation
  • Increased surface rhythmic activity
  • Harmonic destabilization
• Expanded cadential progression

Cadences

• Perfect authentic cadence
• Imperfect authentic cadence
• Half-cadence
• Terminology regarding cadences

Other useful tidbits:

• Liquidation
• Real vs notated measures
• Not all phrases end with cadences

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