Choral Music Theory Database

Form

Sentence Parallel Period Contrasting Period AABA Rounded Binary Binary Ternary Through-composed Strophic Popular Verse-Chorus Form Verse Chorus Rondo

Tonality

Major Minor Pentatonic Modal Atonal

Meter/Rhythm

Simple Compound Asymmetrical Changing Anacrusis Syncopation Hemiola Ostinato

Texture

Monophony Homophony Polyphony Heterophony Aleatory Canon Call and Response

Chords

Mediant 16/4 Secondary Dominant Secondary Leading Tone N6 Augmented 6 CT°7 Added Tone Chords Tone Cluster Borrowed Chords Subtonic Chord (bVII)

Progressions

Direct Modulation Pivot Chord Modulation Harmonic Sequence Complete Phrase Model Descending Tetrachord in Bass

Cadences

Half Cadence Imperfect Authentic Cadence Perfect Authentic Cadence Deceptive Cadence Plagal Cadence Phrygian Half Cadence

Non-Chord Tones

Double Neighbor Figure Appogiatura Raised Leading Tone Suspension Anticipation