Dear All,

I have been working through the Grade 8 Theory Book and come to the section of writing music in Binary Format. I thought I did it right until my music teacher pointed out that I had written in Ternary Form (A - B - A.)

Does anyone have more information on Binary Form?

Many Thanks,
Craig

Hi Craig,

Binary form is simply AB.

Imagine a piece of 16 bars length, where the first half of the piece modulates to the dominant key at bar 8,
(eg C major goes to G major),
and the second half goes back to the home key.
That's an example.

A piece in a minor key will probably go to the relative major and then back again.

Maggie

i think binary form is just A-B hope this helps!

jess

Its just A-B isnt it?

Is that the up to date book you have?.... I don't remember any instructions about the format of the composition.
The up to date one is the one with the big '8' on the cover.

Thanks Guys, Your posts are really appreciated.

All the best,
Craig

Dear sbhoa,

Is your question to me?

I'm studying from the Music Theory in Practise, Grade 8 by Peter Aston and Julian Webb.
It is Exercise 4 and the exercises are from page 98.

"Continue the following opening for a further 12 bars or so to make the first part of a movement in binary form."

Best Regards,
Craig

QUOTE

"Continue the following opening for a further 12 bars or so to make the first part of a movement in binary form."

Surely that's a horribly ambiguous question; or maybe I'm just being a bit too pedantic; it could be:

the first part of (a movement in binary form) i.e. the A part of a piece which has form AB

or

(first part of a movement) in binary form i.e. an AB as part of a movement which starts AB and then may do something else, with which you need not concern yourself.

There's a big difference between the two!