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    Musical form refers to the structural outline or template that composers use when writing songs or pieces. There are several common musical forms, including variation form which introduces a theme and then presents variations of that theme, binary form which has two repeated sections (AA BB), and ternary form which has three sections with the first and last being the same (ABA), achieving symmetry. Another form is rondo form where a recurring theme is interspersed with different sections (ABACA).

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    Musical form refers to the structural outline or template that composers use when writing songs or pieces. There are several common musical forms, including variation form which introduces a theme and then presents variations of that theme, binary form which has two repeated sections (AA BB), and ternary form which has three sections with the first and last being the same (ABA), achieving symmetry. Another form is rondo form where a recurring theme is interspersed with different sections (ABACA).

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    Musical form refers to the structural outline or template that composers use when writing songs or pieces. There are several common musical forms, including variation form which introduces a theme and then presents variations of that theme, binary form which has two repeated sections (AA BB), and ternary form which has three sections with the first and last being the same (ABA), achieving symmetry. Another form is rondo form where a recurring theme is interspersed with different sections (ABACA).

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    Form

    Musical Lines
    Phrases in a musical piece
    Musical Form

    Musical Form is a structural outline


    in a song or piece. The composer
    keeps this in mind when he/she
    begins to write a song or piece.
    MUSICAL PHRASE
    Common Musical Forms

    1. Variation Form (AA’A”)


     The piece begins with a theme that is the main
    melody. That is followed by one or more
    variations of that melody. A variation is music
    that is similar to the theme but is also different
    enough that is does not repeat the melody
    exactly.
    2. Binary Form (A B)
     Is a musical form in 2 related sections (A and
    B) with each section repeated ( AA BB). This
    form is focused around the idea of contrast.
    3. Ternary Form (A B A)
     A three-part form featuring a return of the
    initial music after a contrasting section.
    Symmetry and balance are achieved through
    this return: (ABA) the return of the first (A)
    material may be an exact repeat, or varied in
    some way.
    BINARY AND TERNARY FORM
    4. Rondo Form (A B A C A)
     It is a piece of music where the musical
    material stated at the beginning of the piece
    keeps returning. This opening music can be
    called either the theme or the refrain; they
    are same thing.

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