Music A-Level
Balanced phrases
What Balanced phrases means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Balanced phrases
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Phrases, frequently forming antecedent and consequent pairs, that create a sense of question and answer and a satisfying sense of proportion and structural equilibrium.
Topics that use Balanced phrases
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antecedent phrase
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
- Cadential 6/4
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