Music GCSE
Return of opening material
What Return of opening material means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Return of opening material
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
After section B, the opening section is repeated, either exactly or varied, so the listener hears the opening idea again.
Topics that use Return of opening material
- 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
- Exposition, development and recapitulation
- Introduction
- Section order and return of material
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