Suggested Learning Resources

1) YFIO

2) Video Lesson: Musical Sentence Art of Composing http://youtu.be/1U4IOI5oYFY

Bonus Video: Sentence FirstYearMusicTheoryVimeo Channel https://vimeo.com/40295071

3) Online Reading: Phrase, Periods, Sentences http://teachingmusic.keithkothman.com/2010/01/musth2-phrases-periods-sentences-motives-and-more/

4) Interactive Lesson: 

Music Theory QuickThink: 

-          A sentence structure, in music context, refers to a phrase that has a 1 + 1 + 2 design (or multiple of this structure, often 2 + 2 + 4)  The numbers here refer to measures or phrase/subphrase length

-          The first unit usually states a motive or sub phrase.

-          The second unit usually restate the motive or sub phrases possibly embellished, but is the same length

-          The third unit is twice as long as either of the first two units, and finishes with a cadence

Objective 24.4: Examples in Music: YouTube

https://youtu.be/FMhAThv5sOo?t=7m40s

Objective 24.4: Define, identify, and label sentence structure