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ternary form
noun
- a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
ternary form
noun
- a musical structure consisting of two contrasting sections followed by a repetition of the first; the form aba Also calledsong form
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ternary form1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
We have in the Hessian the first instance of a covariant of a ternary form.
From Project Gutenberg
Then he'd suddenly produce CDs of stuff he'd been doing at home, tracks on a sequencer, rather than the exercises in ternary form he was meant to do.
From The Guardian
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