The module examines and explores musical form, rhythm and time in a range of repertoires – pop, classical, jazz and film. It uses recent music theory to provide new ways of thinking about these issues in a cross-repertoire environment. It will explore pre-existing compositions and encourage students to use the module to supplement their other musical activities – composition, performance and musical appreciation – to give a greater insight into how musical forms are constructed from rhythms to structure. We will explore issues such as repetition, ‘form as becoming’, cinematic montage forms, ‘two-dimensional forms.’ Repertoire will vary but will cover a range of musics from Arab Strap and LCD Sound System’s “cyclic forms” to Beethoven’s Eroica; from Pulp and Arcade Fire’s “terminally climactic forms” to the “two-dimensional” sonata forms of Franz Liszt. There will be opportunities for improvisers to participate in workshops focusing on rhythm.