Music GCSE
Section order and return of material
What Section order and return of material means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Section order and return of material
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Identifying form by listening for where new material begins, where earlier material returns, and how many distinct sections can be heard.
Topics that use Section order and return of 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
- Return of opening material
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