Music GCSE
Binary form
What Binary form means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Binary form
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Presents two related sections, often repeated, with contrast between them, extending an opening idea through a second related section.
Topics that use Binary form
- Component 2: Composing - Brief 1: Instrumental Music 1700–1820 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Extension of melodic material
- Harmonising a given melody
- Motivic working
- Repetition and variation
- Rondo
- Ternary form
- Theme and variations
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