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binary form
noun
- a basic musical form having two closely related sections.
binary form
noun
- 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.
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The repetition was a survival from the old dance movements in binary form.
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Scarcely ever has the binary form, the combat between two contradictory themes, been more essentialized.
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Scarlatti's sonatas consist, then, of one movement in binary form of the early type.
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The second section of Scarlatti's movement in binary form contained a few bars of development and modulation.
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