This document discusses musical form and structure, specifically the AB form. It provides the examples of the songs "Yankee Doodle" and "Rocky Mountain" to illustrate the AB pattern. In AB form, a song has two sections (A and B) that repeat, such as verse and chorus. "Yankee Doodle" has an A section and B section that repeat in an AB pattern. "Rocky Mountain" demonstrates a repeating AB structure through two verses and two refrains.

1. SO, HOW DO THESE
VISUALS RELATE TO
MUSIC?
AB FORM

2. When finding the form of a
song, you are looking for
patterns. Just like you saw
with the video. To find the
form listen for parts that are
the same or different.

3. YANKEE DOODLE
Let’s look at a popular Patriotic Song.
A Section:
Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a
pony; stuck a feather in his cap and called it
“Maccaroni”.
B Section:
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle
dandy; mind the music and the step and with
the girls be handy.

4. VISUALLY THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE:
A B

5. DID YOU KNOW?
A song that is written in AB
form can also repeat the
pattern AB AB AB and so on.

6. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AB!
•Verse and Refrain songs are
another structure of music.
•This form follows the AB
formal structure.
•The verse tells the story; the
refrain is the repeated part.

7. SONG DEMONSTRATING REPEATING
AB PATTERNS USING VERSE AND
REFRAIN.
Rocky Mountain
Verse / A section:
Rocky mountain, rocky mountain
Rocky mountain high.
When your on that rocky mountain,
Hang your head and cry.

8. ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Refrain / B Section:
Do, do, do, do,
Do remember me.
Do, do, do, do,
Do remember me.

9. ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Verse 2 / A Section:
Sunny valley, sunny valley,
Sunny valley low.
When your in that sunny valley,
Sing it soft and slow.

10. ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Refrain / B Section:
Do, do, do, do,
Do remember me.
Do, do, do, do,
Do remember me.

11. LOOKING AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN
VISUALLY!
A B A
Because there are two verses, and
two refrains, the A and B sections
repeat. However, we will still call this
an AB form.
B