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Examples of Sentence and Period

March 27, 2017 By

Forum › Category: Form › Examples of Sentence and Period
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stephane b asked 8 years ago

Could you provide some (good) examples of what would constitute good periods and sentences? The examples from the class are great but it would be very interesting to see more variety for the basic ideas, repetitions, contrasting ideas, liquidation, …

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Jon Brantingham Staff answered 8 years ago

A good resource is the website companion to Analyzing Classical Form by William Caplin:

Sentence examples:
http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/example2-1.php

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