Formal Analysis Course Description Identify a composer's materials and the development processes. Determine the structural components of a piece of music, and how they integrate. Understand important relationships between the elements found in the music. Create graphic analysis forms and descriptive analyses. View a sample Syllabus. Contact us for Instructor Materials. Course Materials Graphic Analysis Printable FormGraphic Analysis Fillable FormAnalytic ObservationsAnalytical Parameters in MusicSonata Form Line GraphFugue Analysis Form Graph Altered Chords by Function & QualityMotive Variation TechniquesAnthology ListeningSupplemental ExercisesConducting Patterns & PrinciplesAnalysis Log Harmonic CadencesText: Spring, Glenn and Jere Hutcheson. Musical Form and Analysis, Waveland Press, Long Grove, IL. 2013 reissue. ISBN: 978-1-4786-0722-9 Preparation Pre-requisites: Intermediate & Advanced Theory courses Co-requisites: None Background: Fluency in Harmonic Analysis and Score Reading Course Content Orientation and Approach to Analysis Basic Factors in Form Motives, Phrases, and Phrase Groupings Part Forms Composite Part Forms Rondo Forms Variation Forms The Fugue Sonata Forms Proportion: The Distinguishing Features Analyzing Contemporary Music