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Assignment 9: Phrase & Period

The following questions pertain to Stein chapters three through six (pp. 22-54). You will want to have the book handy as you answer these questions. With the exception of the hyphens in "semi-phrase" and "non-final" all fill-in-the-blanks are one-word answers without punctuation or spaces. Some of the questions refer to music in Stein's "Anthology of Musical Forms" (AMF), so have that book handy as well. Before beginning, make sure the page has completely loaded by scrolling to the bottom and looking for blank gaps. If gaps do not fill in, hit the reload button or ask for assistance.
  1. A phrase is the shortest musical unit terminated by:

  2. The conventional phrase length is:
    two measures
    three measures
    four measures
    five measures
    six measures

  3. Stein indicates that phrases NOT of a conventional length are to be called:

  4. Phrases can often be divided into what Stein calls:

  5. Whereas most homophonic forms can be divided into phrases, polyphonic and imitative music (e.g. fugues, inventions, canons, etc) tend to be divided into:

  6. On p. 26, Stein lists six ways a phrase can be repeated. He would say that the following phrases repeat with:


    change of harmony
    melodic inversion
    change of accompaniment style
    change of register
    embellishment
    change of color

  7. Stein identifies the first phrase of Mendelssohn's Venetian Boat Song (AMF p. 7) as a phrase employed as:

    coda or codetta
    part of a song form or theme in itself
    independent introduction
    postlude
    interlude
    transition or retransition

  8. In twentieth-century music, where a linear melody is not always present, what parameters does Stein say can be used to locate phrase endings:
    (a) changes in density
    (b) changes of key
    (c) changes of texture
    all of the above
    none of the above
    all but (a)
    all but (b)

  9. The first 24 measures of Kuhnau's Sonatine (AMF p. 56) contains how many phrases?
    three
    four
    five
    six
    seven
    eight

  10. Stein indicates that some phrases are irregular and others are irregular by reason of extension or, more rarely, by .

  11. The following phrase contains a:


    pre-phrase extension
    mid-phrase extension
    post-phrase extension

  12. The following phrase contains a:


    pre-phrase extension
    mid-phrase extension
    post-phrase extension

  13. The FIRST phrase of a period, or sentence form, is called the . It is generally in character and terminated by a cadence (in tonal music usually a half-cadence).

  14. The SECOND phrase of a period is called the . It is generally in character and terminated by cadence that is more .

  15. Measures 8-17 of Mendelssohn's Venetian Boat Song (AMF p. 7) contain a sentence structure. The relationship between the two phrases is that of a:
    parallel period
    modified parallel period
    contrasting period
    three-part period
    parallelism of non-melodic units

  16. Measures 1-8 of Grieg's Beside the Cradle (AMF p. 12) contain a sentence structure. The relationship between the two phrases is that of a:
    parallel period
    modified parallel period
    contrasting period
    three-part period
    parallelism of non-melodic units

  17. Measures 1-8 of Kuhlau's Sonatine (AMF p. 56) contain a sentence structure. The relationship between the two phrases is that of a:
    parallel period
    modified parallel period
    contrasting period
    three-part period
    parallelism of non-melodic units

  18. Using the letters "A" and "B" to represent antecedent and consequent phrases, which of the following does NOT represent a phrase repetition scheme in periodic structures?
    |:A:|B|
    |A|:B:|
    |:A:|:B:|
    |:A B:|
    |:A:|BA|

  19. How many phrases are there in a typical double period?
    two
    four
    six
    eight
    ten

  20. Measures 18-34 of Mendelssohn's Venetian Boat Song (AMF p. 7) comprise a double period. Using only the words "parallel" and "contrasting" characterize periodic relationships between:
    ...antecedent and consequent phrases of the FIRST period:
    ...antecedent and consequent phrases of the SECOND period:
    ...antecedent and consequent periods:

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