Food and Music are often related, a symphony is made up of several movements, a menu in a banquet also takes us through an experience made of several episodes
MUSICAL STRUCTURE
Sectional form
This form is built from a sequence of clear-cut units [ introduction and coda, exposition, development and recapitulation, verse, chorus and refrain, and bridge Sectional form include
Strophic form
Medley or chain form. it is simply an indefinite sequence of self-contained sections (ABCD...), (AABBCCDD...).
Binary form
The term "Binary Form" is used to describe a musical piece with two sections that are about equal in length. Binary Form can be written as AB or AABB
Ternary form
Ternary form is a three-part musical form in which the third part repeats or at least contains the principal idea of the first part, represented as A B A
Rondo form
This form has a recurring theme alternating with different (usually contrasting) sections called "episodes". It may be asymmetrical (ABACADAEA) or symmetrical (ABACABA)
Variation form
Sonata
A group of pieces called MOVEMENTS, Basic sonata has 4 movements
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Important, Dramatic - Sonata form
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Slow movement - Any form
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Minuet/scherzo - Dance form
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Finale/Lively - Sonata or rondo form
Symphony - a sonata for orchestra
Concierto - A sonata for one or more solo instrument playing alongside of and orchestra
Food Structure
ITALIAN MEAL STRUCTURE
APERITIVE
ANTIPASTO
PRIMO
SECONDO
CONTORNO
FORMAGGIE e FRUTTA
DOLCÉ
CAFFÉ
DIGESTIVO
Thai meal structure is more like a Rondo because it combines on the table many kind of soups, curries, stir fried and deep fried dish ... we can choose what we want to eat then move to another dish as a variety of flavours burst into our mouths.
In Italy and other Western countries, the multi course menu is very common.is arranged in a sequence from Aperitivo to Digestive as each taste is appreciated within the context of the meal structure. Personally, I think Italian meal structure is similar to sonata, because sonata has formal structure movements.