Describe the four distinctive styles of writing in sonata-allegro form: thematic, transitional, developmental, and

cadential.



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ANSWER: thematic: (purpose is to state) has a clearly recognizable theme, often of a singable character; transitional:
(purpose is to move) full of motion with melodic sequences and rapid chord changes; developmental: (purpose
is to develop) sounds harmonically active (moving bass line), is full of counterpoint, and makes use of
recognizable themes that are either extended or reduced to their essence; cadential: (purpose is to conclude)
sounds repetitious because the same chords are heard again and again

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