Analyzing Classical Form

<br>William Caplin is James McGill Professor of Music Theory at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, specializing in the theory of musical form and the history of harmonic and rhythmic theory in the modern era. A former president of the Society for Music Theory, he is currently a Killam Research Fellow writing a large-scale study on musical cadence.<br>

CHAPTER 1 A REVIEW OF HARMONY ; THE BASICS ; HARMONIC VOCABULARY ; HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; TONIC FUNCTION ; DOMINANT FUNCTION ; PRE-DOMINANT FUNCTION ; PROLONGATIONAL PROGRESSIONS ; CADENTIAL PROGRESSIONS ; SEQUENTIAL PROGRESSIONS ; FINER POINTS ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; PART 1 CONVENTIONAL THEME-TYPES ; CHAPTER 2 THE SENTENCE ; THE BASICS ; PRESENTATION PHRASE ; CONTINUATION PHRASE ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; BASIC IDEA ; REPETITION OF THE BASIC IDEA ; TONIC PROLONGATION ; PRESENTATION PHRASE VERSUS PRESENTATION FUNCTION ; CONTINUATION FUNCTION ; CADENTIAL FUNCTION ; CONTINUATION ; FINER POINTS ; "REAL" VERSUS "NOTATED" MEASURES ; MODULATING SENTENCE ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 3 THE PERIOD ; THE BASICS ; ANTECEDENT PHRASE ; CONSEQUENT PHRASE ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; BASIC IDEA ; CONTRASTING IDEA ; WEAK CADENTIAL CLOSURE ; RETURN OF THE BASIC IDEA ; STRONG CADENTIAL CLOSURE ; BOUNDARY PROCESSES: LEAD-IN, ELISION ; FINER POINTS ; ANTECEDENT (AND CONSEQUENT) AS "MINI-SENTENCE" ; MODULATING PERIOD; CADENTIAL STRENGTH ; REINTERPRETED HALF CADENCE ; SENTENCE VERSUS PERIOD ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 4 HYBRID THEMES ; THE BASICS ; HYBRID TYPES ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; HYBRID TYPE: ANTECEDENT + CONTINUATION ; HYBRID TYPE: ANTECEDENT + CADENTIAL ; COMPOUND BASIC IDEA ; HYBRID TYPE: COMPOUND BASIC IDEA + CONTINUATION ; HYBRID TYPE: COMPOUND BASIC IDEA + CONSEQUENT ; FINER POINTS ; HYBRID THEMES IN RELATION TO THE SENTENCE AND PERIOD ; APPEARANCES OF THE BASIC IDEA ; PHRASE AMBIGUITIES ; OTHER "HYBRID" POSSIBILITIES ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 5 PHRASE DEVIATIONS, CADENTIAL DEVIATIONS, AND FRAMING FUNCTIONS ; THE BASICS ; PHRASE DEVIATIONS ; CADENTIAL DEVIATIONS ; FRAMING FUNCTIONS ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; PHRASE DEVIATIONS ; CADENTIAL DEVIATIONS ; FRAMING FUNCTIONS ; FINER POINTS ; CONTRASTING IDEA REPLACED BY CONTINUATION PHRASE ; CODETTA CLOSES WITH CADENCE; CADENCE OF LIMITED SCOPE ; BOUNDARY PROCESS: MELODIC OVERLAP ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 6 COMPOUND THEMES ; THE BASICS ; COMPOUND PERIOD ; COMPOUND SENTENCE ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; COMPOUND PERIOD ; COMPOUND SENTENCE ; FINER POINTS ; COMPOUND PERIOD ; REAL VS. NOTATED MEASURES ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 7 THE SMALL TERNARY (ROUNDED BINARY) ; THE BASICS ; EXPOSITION (A) ; CONTRASTING MIDDLE (B) ; RECAPITULATION (A') ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; TIGHT-KNIT VERSUS LOOSE FORMAL ORGANIZATION ; EXPOSITION (A) ; CONTRASTING MIDDLE (B) ; RECAPITULATION (A') ; FINER POINTS ; CONTRASTING MIDDLE (B) ; RECAPITULATION (A') ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; CHAPTER 8 THE SMALL BINARY ; THE BASICS ; PART 1 ; PART 2 ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; PART 1 ; PART 2 ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; MODEL COMPOSITION ; PART 2 SONATA FORM ; CHAPTER 9 SONATA FORM-AN OVERVIEW ; LARGE-SCALE FORMAL STRUCTURE ; LARGE-SCALE TONAL STRUCTURE ; EXPOSITION ; LET'S PRACTICE ; DEVELOPMENT ; LET'S PRACTICE ; RECAPITULATION ; LET'S PRACTICE ; CHAPTER 10 EXPOSITION (I)-MAIN THEME ; THE BASICS ; MORE DETAILS ; CONVENTIONAL THEME-TYPES ; NONCONVENTIONAL THEME-TYPES ; FINER POINTS ; MAIN-THEME GROUP ; CHARACTER AND AFFECT ; REVIEWING THE THEORY ; EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS ; CHAPTER 11 EXPOSITION (II)-TRANSITION ; THE BASICS ; LET'S PRACTICE ; MORE DETAILS ; STYLE, CHARACTER, DYNAMICS ; BOUNDARY PROCESSES: ACCOMPANIMENTAL OVERLAP, ELISION ; MODULATION TECHNIQUES ; OPENING STRATEGIES ; PHRASE-STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; LOOSENING DEVICES ; CLOSURE ; FINER POINTS ; UNUSUAL OPENING STRATEGIES ; TWO-PART TRANSITION ; OMISSION OF CONCLUDING FUNCTION ; REVIEWING