Rondo

Rondo is a musical structure. You’ve heard one before.

Think of your favorite pop song. Let’s call the Chorus “A”. Each verse of the song will have a different letter, B, C, D, and so on.

A rondo works like this:

A - Chorus
B - Verse 1
A - Chorus
C - Verse 2
A - Chorus
D - Verse 3

Life is like a rondo.

In between different verses there are main themes, “A”, that return.

The trick is to make each return of “A” better than the last.

How long has it been?

Kurt Vonnegut's Letter to the Board