Two-part (A-B) form is based on statement and departure. Also two-part form. In this quick dance, the first idea is stated twice, followed by a contrasting idea, which is also repeated; the binary form here is outlined A-A-B-B. Example: Corelli, Suite for Strings, "Badinerie" Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
Musical forms in two sections (graphed as A and B), very often repeated (AABB). The most common representatives are the Baroque dance forms: Allemande , Bourrée , Gavotte , Gigue , and the like.
a two-part form, in which the first half moves from the tonic key to the dominant (in a major key) or to the relative minor (in the minor mode); and the second half returns at some point to the tonic to close the work. Both halves are repeated, and marked with repeat signs. The two halves need not be balanced, and generally the second "half" is longer because of the wandering back to the tonic. Binary forms, especially " simple binary forms," were common in Bach's suites.
Two-part (A-B) form is based on statement and departure. Also two-part form. Example: Corelli, Suite for Strings, "Badinerie" Real Audio: 28k | 56k | About this album In this quick dance, the first idea is stated twice, followed by a contrasting idea, which is also repeated; the binary form here is outlined A - A - B - B.
A piece of music with two contrasting sections, one following the other.
A two-part form in which each part repeats immediately after its first statement. The trio to the scherzo in the third movement of Beethoven's Ninth uses a binary form.
a piece of music in two parts (esp old music "what fell apart in your hands - honest")
Two-part form containing two parts, each repeated, often found in Baroque dance movements or sonata movements.
The term for describing a composition of two sections. AB, each of which may be repeated.
Binary form is a way of structuring a piece of music into two related sections, both of which are usually repeated. Note that Binary is also a structure used to choreograph dance.