ab form power point

SO, HOW DO THESE VISUALS

RELATE TO MUSIC?

AB FORM

When finding the form of a song, you are looking for

patterns. Just like you saw with the video. To find the

form listen for parts that are the same or different.

YANKEE DOODLE

Let’s look at a popular Patriotic Song.

A Section:Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a pony; stuck a feather in his cap and called it “Maccaroni”.

B Section:Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy; mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy.

VISUALLY THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE:

A B

DID YOU KNOW?

A song that is written in AB form can also repeat the

pattern AB AB AB and so on.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AB!

•Verse and Refrain songs are another structure of music.•This form follows the AB formal structure.•The verse tells the story; the refrain is the repeated part.

SONG DEMONSTRATING REPEATING AB PATTERNS USING VERSE AND REFRAIN.

Rocky MountainVerse / A section:Rocky mountain, rocky mountainRocky mountain high.When your on that rocky mountain,Hang your head and cry.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

Refrain / B Section:Do, do, do, do,Do remember me.Do, do, do, do,Do remember me.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

Verse 2 / A Section:Sunny valley, sunny valley,Sunny valley low.When your in that sunny valley,Sing it soft and slow.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

Refrain / B Section:Do, do, do, do,Do remember me.Do, do, do, do,Do remember me.

LOOKING AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN VISUALLY!

A B ABecause there are two verses, and two refrains, the A and B sections repeat. However, we will still call

this an AB form.

B