Music GCSE
Contrast in the middle section
What Contrast in the middle section means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Contrast in the middle section
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Section B must supply pronounced contrast, for example a change of key, texture, dynamics, register or melodic character, so the return of A feels like a homecoming.
Topics that use Contrast in the middle section
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Form and structure (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Binary, ternary and rondo plans
- Contrasting episodes (B, C)
- Distinction from ternary form
- Exact versus varied repetition
- Exposition, development and recapitulation
- Introduction
- Return of opening material
- Section order and return of material
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