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binary form

noun

  1. a basic musical form having two closely related sections.


binary form

noun

  1. music a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice


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Word History and Origins

Origin of binary form1

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

Sonata-form, as will be shown later on, has been evolved from old binary form.

The repetition was a survival from the old dance movements in binary form.

Scarcely ever has the binary form, the combat between two contradictory themes, been more essentialized.

Scarlatti's sonatas consist, then, of one movement in binary form of the early type.

The second section of Scarlatti's movement in binary form contained a few bars of development and modulation.

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