Music GCSE
Distinction from ternary form
What Distinction from ternary form means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Distinction from ternary form
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Ternary (ABA) has only one return of A and no second episode, whereas rondo has several A statements separated by different episodes.
Topics that use Distinction from ternary form
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Form and structure (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Binary, ternary and rondo plans
- Contrast in the middle section
- Contrasting episodes (B, C)
- Exact versus varied repetition
- Exposition, development and recapitulation
- Introduction
- Return of opening material
- Section order and return of material
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