Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• describe the nature of the background structure of a piece of tonal music

• understand the difference between analysis which is definitely right or wrong and that which is dependent on individual judgement

• relate the notes of a background graph and the indications of bar numbers to specific events in the musical score

• understand the sorts of decisions and observations that go towards analysing the background structure of a piece of music

• recognise the analytical statements about the various parts of a piece of music that are contained in a background graph.