Music GCSE
Repetition, contrast and variation
What Repetition, contrast and variation means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Repetition, contrast and variation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The ways sections relate to one another, for example through repetition, contrast or variation of a previous idea, shaping the whole.
Topics that use Repetition, contrast and variation
- Component 3: Appraising - Knowledge and understanding (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Listening evidence
- Musical elements vocabulary
- Overall form and named structures
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- Relating structure to audible features
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