Music A-Level
Rounded binary form
What Rounded binary form means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A specific type of binary form where the opening material of section A returns in the tonic key towards the end of section B, creating an ABA' feel while maintaining the two-part harmonic structure.
Topics that use Rounded binary form
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antecedent phrase
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Balanced phrases
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
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