Choral Music Theory Database

Form

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

Tonality

Major Minor Pentatonic Modal Atonality Serialism Octatonic Whole-Tone Quartal/Quintal Harmony Transposing Instruments

Meter/Rhythm

Simple Compound Asymmetrical Mixed Meter Anacrusis Syncopation Hemiola Triplets Across the Beat Triplets Ostinato

Texture

Monophony Homophony Chorale Style Homophony Polyphony Heterophony Aleatory Canon Call and Response

Chords

Mediant Cadential 6/4 Other 6/4 Dominant Seventh Other Seventh Secondary Dominant Secondary Leading Tone Reinterpreted diminished seventh N6 Augmented 6 CT°7 Extended Chords Added Tone Chords Tone Cluster Borrowed Chords/Modal Mixture Subtonic Chord (bVII)

Progressions

Direct Modulation Pivot Chord Modulation Harmonic Sequence Phrase Model Descending Tetrachord in Bass ii-V-I Four Chord Loop

Cadences

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

Non-Chord Tones

Double Neighbor Figure Passing Tones Chromatic Passing Tones Complete Neighbor Tones Chromatic Neighbor Tones Incomplete Neighbor Tones Appoggiatura Raised Leading Tone Suspension Anticipation