Music A-Level
Ternary form
What Ternary form means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Ternary form
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Features three distinct sections, where the middle section provides contrast, and the return of A is a full restatement.
Topics that use Ternary 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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