I cannot express how grateful I am for this. I got a degree in music. No one really explained sonata form. I got to grad school. I was confused. I'm not confused anymore. Thank you, you dear sweet sonata form angel.
HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS/COMMENTS!!?! Great work on this! As a musician with a Master's in music theory, this is very effective explaining the themes and basic enough for young students and/or non-musically trained students to learn about sonata form. I will be getting you more views on this!
Please publish this. I've had my road blocks in structuring my music this way, but you just whipped up this catchy tune in the form I'm trying to use, flawlessly. I'm envious, but you've inspired me.
This is the best explanation Ive come across. Great job! I spent months piecing together this stuff from scraps around the internet but if I'd found this I would have been much better off.
The development is not where anything can happen, it is used to develop the themes of the sonata, juxtaposing them, changing their character or introduce new material that transitions us to the first theme in the development. I mean, technically yes you can compose a development that is really short and just uses transitioning chords, but that wouldn't be a good one.
In the exposition yes (except that G is not the "opposite" of C, rather its dominant). Generally you have - Exposition: I -> V, or i -> IIIb (the second subject will usually be in the dominant if the piece is in major, or the relative major if the piece is in minor. Examples: D major -> A major; D minor -> F major). In a piece in minor, the minor dominant is another possible choice (for example D minor -> A minor) - Development: unstable and usually ends with a dominant preparation - Recapitulation: this time the second subject will stay in the tonic (the key of the piece), and if the piece is in minor, you can sometimes (but not always) find the major tonic instead (D major in a D minor piece for example), but not quite the other way around though.
Researching sonata form for my composition, and this is the best explanation I've found.
Please upload the sonata. I'm composing one too :)
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I cannot express how grateful I am for this. I got a degree in music. No one really explained sonata form. I got to grad school. I was confused. I'm not confused anymore. Thank you, you dear sweet sonata form angel.
I'm a pianist and was a music major in undergrad and this is by far the clearest explanation of sonata form I've found!
"REPEAT!" - I busted out laughing!!!
HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS/COMMENTS!!?! Great work on this! As a musician with a Master's in music theory, this is very effective explaining the themes and basic enough for young students and/or non-musically trained students to learn about sonata form. I will be getting you more views on this!
Answered all my questions about sonata form.
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I play this for my theory class every year. Thank you!
Thank you I just saved 15 minutes of listening to someone talk
Wow, a real explanation which is not a copy from a book! I love it. Thank you.
This is the best explanation of Sonata form I've ever seen! Thank you!
Please publish this. I've had my road blocks in structuring my music this way, but you just whipped up this catchy tune in the form I'm trying to use, flawlessly. I'm envious, but you've inspired me.
After Glenn Gould's "How to write a fugue". That one is also fun.
this is great! love how this provides a simple explanation with an example all in one go. fantastic!
PERFECT! I'm extremely impressed. I may have to use this in my Intro to Music classes from now on!
Not quite what I was expecting when I searched “how to compose a sonata.” 😂
Did You find anything else?
spent hours watching videos on explanation to sonata, and finally this 2 mins video explains it all.
Wow, I finally figured out what the sonata form is! Thank you, this is really clear and funny
Still the best sonata form video on YT, glad that I found it!
I can't even begin to describe how helpful this was.
This is absolutely adorable and unbelievably educational at the same time
I'm a music IGCSE student and my teacher showed us this is class!! I was searching up 'sonata form' and found it myself again! 😂 I love this so much!!
This is simply amazing. I was so stuck with my assignment and this made Sonata form so clear.
If all the classical lessons will be in that form, the world would become much much better.
Highest respect, immediate subscribe, keep on!
Days worth of lessons by my teacher in under two minutes.
Best and most literal lesson on sonata form ever!
Thanks for a never-ending plague of repetitive recapitulation recaps.
Yay! I was all like: "How can I find the easiest piece in sonata form?" TEH FORM. YOU MAKES IT SENSE! Thank thanks thanks!
marvellous! exactly what i was looking for for my composition course, thank you Jocelyn✌
😄😄😄Ahhh.. Thank God I finally found the best explanation to my understanding... Thank You so much... Ogbooonnn!!!🙌🙌🙌😊
I’d love to hear more songs done like this explaining more different forms. It’s very much like poetry.
This is the best explanation Ive come across. Great job! I spent months piecing together this stuff from scraps around the internet but if I'd found this I would have been much better off.
doing my music gcse with my coursework due in to my teacher in three weeks, this saved my life 🔥🔥🔥
Beethoven Pathétique as well?
This is brilliant.
As a music education student, this really help me through a lot
OMG! This was Awesome! Preparing for my Music Theory exam. I love this so much! Thank you!!
this is literally such a phenomenal explanation
Right, this is a low key banger
Usted es una genio. Thanks for sharing your talent.
It's creative idea to explaining the sonata form through song.Amazing and thank you.
absolutely fantastic.
someone should create songs on all music types
This is incredible!!! Thanks, best explanation i've heard.
Spectacularly fun, creative, & accessible. Thanx!
The development is not where anything can happen, it is used to develop the themes of the sonata, juxtaposing them, changing their character or introduce new material that transitions us to the first theme in the development. I mean, technically yes you can compose a development that is really short and just uses transitioning chords, but that wouldn't be a good one.
This is really awesome. Too awesome. Thanks.
This work it was amazing ! Im gonna use it on a class of Sonata Form example.
What an amazing way to teach the sonata form!
Thank you a lot for this! This will really help my students. They are music tech students learning the various symphony forms.
This made sonata form so blatantly easy for me. It also made me laugh so that's nice also.
The best sonata form put into practical
This was really helpful. Thank you.
This is INCREDIBLE!
This is so interesting and beautifully writen
Thanks for explaining the form sonata in a song form.
my exam is tomorrow and you saved my life
Fabulous piece!
This is one of my favorite videos!
This is the best explanation.
This is the way to teach! Good job.
you are amazing, rock on
Useful!
Thanks! My form & analysis class loved this song! (and benefited from this video)
very well composed/explained.
A classic
Love this, Ms. Swigger. (Dr. Swigger, I presume?) Very clever and boils it down to the essence.
Wow im impressed. Nice work!!!
Vibing~
Lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Love it! Tks a lotttt I was looking for an example, and found this incredible!!!!
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It's perfect.
Yep.
So brilliant❤
Do you still have the PDF available on your website?
Yes, it’s at jocelynswigger.com/teaching-resources and you’re welcome to it!
@@jocelynswigger4715 Thank you!
Unbelievably helpful.
This is perfect thank you!
So there's should be modal interchange from part to part? A theme in the key of C, B theme in the opposite key that is G?
In the exposition yes (except that G is not the "opposite" of C, rather its dominant). Generally you have
- Exposition: I -> V, or i -> IIIb (the second subject will usually be in the dominant if the piece is in major, or the relative major if the piece is in minor. Examples: D major -> A major; D minor -> F major). In a piece in minor, the minor dominant is another possible choice (for example D minor -> A minor)
- Development: unstable and usually ends with a dominant preparation
- Recapitulation: this time the second subject will stay in the tonic (the key of the piece), and if the piece is in minor, you can sometimes (but not always) find the major tonic instead (D major in a D minor piece for example), but not quite the other way around though.
Amazing, so clear and so fun! Thank you, thank you!
thanks for this great master piece
👏🤧 RESPECT!
God I wish my professor would use these interactive methods.
marvellous!
did you compose this?
Thanks a lot for simple explanation and inspiration! :-)
Best explanation.
Brilliant!
Awesome awesome awesome
More of these please!
Too funny! Great explanation :D
This was amazing, thank you!
you are the best! thanks
THIS IS SO FUN YAYYY THIS IS MY NEW FAV SONG OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS
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Genius! :-)
Great Educational Video!
This is brilliant. thank you very much
That was brilliant!!!! Thank you!!!
outstanding! (sonata form)
Can you do this with minor key?
This is wonderful
this is amazing! thank you very much!
this is beautiful
Could you please make a song about fugue form?