Development in Time, About Techniques for Developing a Motive and Phrases of a Polyphonic Work

in order to understand a polyphonic work and the meaningfulness of the work, the student needs to imagine its form, tonal-harmonic plan from the very beginning. A more vivid identification of the form is facilitated by the knowledge of the originality of dynamics in polyphony, especially Bach's, which consists in the fact that the very spirit of music is not characterized by its excessively crushed, undulating application. Working on polyphonic works is an integral part of learning piano performing arts. After all, piano music is all polyphonic in the broad sense of the word. the smallest musical structure that constitutes the characteristic part of a musical theme is called a motive. A phrase is any completed part of a musical theme.