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ternary form

(Music, other) a musical structure consisting of two contrasting sections followed by a repetition of the first; the form aba Also called song form

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sonata form song form			Book 2, for intermediate pianists, contains eight pieces, almost all three pages long and characterized by greater use of dotted rhythms and syncopation, wider ranging melodic and accompaniment patterns, longer ternary forms with more florid melodic variation, and unexpected modulations. Especially in Romantic Style, Books 1-3 by Lehrer, Phyllis Alpert / American Music Teacher The movement nonetheless has a ternary form, which reflects Martinu's preference for wideness or space with regard to the musical form of the composition. A music-political confession Bohuslav Martinu's Memorial to Lidice by Richter, Petra / Czech Music For example, one might structure a lesson according to ternary form, involving a main idea or exercise (A), a contrasting or oppositional idea or exercise (B) and, finally, a synthesis of the two (A') in which A is reconsidered in light of B. Teaching music with structure by Swinkin, Jeffrey / American Music Teacher			terminological terminologist terminology terminus terminus a quo terminus ad quem termitarium termitary termite termitic Termitidae termless Termly Termonology termor terms terms of reference terms of trade termtime tern Tern flowers Tern leaves Tern peduncles Tern schooner ternary ternary form Ternate terne terneplate Ternery Terni ternion Ternopil' Ternopol terotechnology terpene terpenoid Terpentic Terpenylic Terpilene Terpin terpineol Terpinol terpolymer Terpsichore terpsichorean Terr. terra terra alba terra cotta Terra di Sienna			Termulence Termulence tern tern tern tern Tern flowers Tern leaves Tern peduncles Tern schooner Terna Engineering College ternaries ternaries ternaries ternary ternary ternary Ternary alloy Ternary alloy Ternary alloy Ternary alloy ternary code Ternary Complex Factors Ternary compound Ternary Constant Weight Code Ternary Content Addressable Memory Ternary Decision Diagram ternary diagram Ternary Digit ternary expansion ternary form Ternary Galois Field Expansion Ternary Ghost-Pulse Ternary Ghost-Pulse Constraint with Un-Bounded Memory ternary incremental representation Ternary Linear Code Ternary notation Ternary notation Ternary notation Ternary numeral system ternary pulse code modulation ternary quantic Ternary Quasi-Cyclic Code Ternary search tree Ternary star Ternary star system ternary system ternate ternate Ternate Island Ternate Island Ternate, Indonesia - Babullah ternately ternately terne terne terne metal terne metal Terne plate Terne plate Terne-plate

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