Music GCSE
Exact versus varied repetition
What Exact versus varied repetition means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Exact versus varied repetition
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The opening section is repeated exactly or varied; if the returning A is altered, it is still ternary provided the opening material is recognisably recalled.
Topics that use Exact versus varied repetition
- 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)
- Distinction from ternary form
- Exposition, development and recapitulation
- Introduction
- Return of opening material
- Section order and return of material
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