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To understand the difference between these two common scales, we need to think about where all scales come from in the first place. The typical major scale, containing seven notes is where all scales will be...

Binary form and rounded binary form are mostly the same in that they both have two related themes, one in each section, A and B, modulate to the dominant at the end of the A section, and back to the tonic at...

Musical 'modes' are basically a set of tonalities deriving from a normal natural major scale. With C major, for example, it seems obvious that one should begin and end on C: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. But what if we u...

Simple time signatures can be sub-divided into equal groups of two, whereas compound time signatures can be sub-divided into beats of three. For example, in the simple time signature of 2/4, there are four q...

To compose in Rondo form, you have to compose at least three different sections of music. Let's label them A, B and C. Now, you must pick a section/episode of music to revisit throughout the piece. Like a re...