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  2. Binary form - Wikipedia

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    Binary form is a musical form in 2 related sections, both of which are usually repeated. Binary is also a structure used to choreograph dance. In music this is usually performed as A-A-B-B. Binary form was popular during the Baroque period, often used to structure movements of keyboard sonatas. It was also used for short, one-movement works.

  3. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    binary A musical form in two sections: AB bird's eye Slang for fermata, which instructs the performer to hold a note or chord as long as they wish or following cues from a conductor bis (Fr., It.) Twice (i.e. repeat the relevant action or passage) bisbigliando

  5. Song structure - Wikipedia

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    Song structure is the arrangement of a song, [1] and is a part of the songwriting process. It is typically sectional, which uses repeating forms in songs.Common piece-level musical forms for vocal music include bar form, 32-bar form, verse–chorus form, ternary form, strophic form, and the 12-bar blues.

  6. File:Oh, Susannah rounded binary form.mid - Wikipedia

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    Oh,_Susannah_rounded_binary_form.mid (file size: 593 bytes, MIME type: audio/midi) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Organum – Early form of polyphonic music involving the addition of one or more voices to a preexisting chant. Planctus – Composition mourning the death of a notable figure, often in a liturgical context, similar in function to a dirge. Rondeau – French poetic-musical form. Trecento Madrigal – Secular polyphonic vocal composition.

  8. Outline of classical music - Wikipedia

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    Binary formmusical form in two related sections, both of which are usually repeated (AA′BB′) Ternary form – three-part musical form consisting of an opening section (A), a following section (B) and then a repetition of the first section (A), usually schematized as A–B–A.

  9. Ternary form - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the Minuet in Haydn's String Quartet op. 76 no. 6, the Minuet is in standard binary form (section A and B) while the trio is in free form and not in two repeated sections. Haydn labeled the B section "Alternative", a label used in some Baroque pieces (though most such pieces were in proper compound ternary form). [7]