Does anyone know the name for the musical form where the sections are as follows:
A
B
B
A
If anyone knows please let me know
Thank you!
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Does anyone know the name for the musical form where the sections are as follows:
A
B
B
A
If anyone knows please let me know
Thank you!
Does anyone know the name for the musical form where the sections are as follows:
A
B
B
A
If anyone knows please let me know
Thank you!
Ternary.
(Mamma mia!)
(Mamma mia!)
QUOTE(Czerny @ Sep 2 2009, 08:15 PM) 
Ternary.
(Mamma mia!)
Ah, thank you!
I though ternary was just ABA.
Thank you
Ternary form is usually said to be ABA, but in reality, it can be anything made up of one section sandwhiched by another two sections, which are practically the same, such as AABBAA, AABA etc.
It doesnt have to be one A section, the B, then the A again, each section can be repeated for as many times as you like before going on to the next.
It doesnt have to be one A section, the B, then the A again, each section can be repeated for as many times as you like before going on to the next.
QUOTE(hello_cello @ Sep 2 2009, 04:47 PM)
Ternary form is usually said to be ABA, but in reality, it can be anything made up of one section sandwhiched by another two sections, which are practically the same, such as AABBAA, AABA etc.
The AABA form is very common in many 19th-century operatic arias. In this context, the form is also known as the "quatrain form."
QUOTE(cambiata @ Sep 4 2009, 10:39 AM)
QUOTE(organ_dummy @ Sep 4 2009, 03:26 PM)
The AABA form is very common in many 19th-century operatic arias. In this context, the form is also known as the "quatrain form."
I think this can be called Da Capo form as well.
If I am not mistaken, the quatrain form is usually short, and the da capo form is more extended. For example, section A of the da capo aria can be organized in quatrain form.
As an interesting digression, I believe most Abba songs are written in the form A'ABABACAAD e.g. Super Trouper, or Supa Dupa if you know the Not the 9 o'clock News version (which illustrates the form better, and is in fact superior in every way 
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QUOTE(Tixylix @ Sep 8 2009, 08:05 AM)
As an interesting digression, I believe most Abba songs are written in the form A'ABABACAAD e.g. Super Trouper, or Supa Dupa if you know the Not the 9 o'clock News version (which illustrates the form better, and is in fact superior in every way
).
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