Resumo: O presente artigo apresenta de forma clara e resumida algumas das formas musicais mais recorrentes na música de concerto ocidental, a saber: sonata barroca, forma binária, forma ternária composta, ternária simples, rondó e forma sonata. Abstract: This article presents an overview of the most important musical forms present in the Western Music Tradition, which are: the baroque sonata, binary form, compound ternary form, simple ternary form, rondó, and sonata form. Keywords: Musical forms; music analysis; western music; sonata form