Music GCSE
Exposition, development and recapitulation
What Exposition, development and recapitulation means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Exposition, development and recapitulation
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The three working stages of the form, in which the main thematic material is presented, worked through change, and brought back.
Topics that use Exposition, development and recapitulation
- 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
- Exact versus varied repetition
- Introduction
- Return of opening material
- Section order and return of material
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