Grade 8 Music Theory, Unit 7, Lesson 3 of 5
Brainlag Music

Binary and ternary form

Music theory, Extended analysis, 10 minutes

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Two halves, or three sections with a return.

The shapes

Binary form: two halves, A and B, each often repeated; in a major key the first half moves to the dominant, the second returns home.

Ternary form: A, B, A, the return bringing the opening back.

The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.

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