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ternary form

noun

  1. a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.


ternary form

noun

  1. a musical structure consisting of two contrasting sections followed by a repetition of the first; the form aba Also calledsong form
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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.

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