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What is the difference of Strophic, Binary and Ternary?


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Answer:

Strophic form – also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.

Binary form: the music falls into two large sections (usually both sections are repeated)

Subcategories of binary form:

  • simple — material from the first section does not literally reappear in the second section. If the two sections are relatively different, the form may be represented as AB (or ! A " #$ " B % to indicate the repeats); if the two sections are very similar, the form may be represented as AA' (or ! A " $ " A' % ).
  • rounded — material from the beginning of the first section returns after a digression in the second section, resulting in an ABA or ABA' form (with repeats, ! A " $ " BA % or !A " $ " BA' % ).
  • balanced — the cadential formula from the first section returns at the end of the second section (usually just a measure or two, but perhaps as much as a phrase). This is strongly associated with continuous binary form (see back of page).
  • barform — the first section is repeated, but the contrasting second section is not repeated, resulting in an ! A % B form (example: The Star-Spangled Banner). This is associated with sectional binary form (see back of page).

Ternary form: the music falls into three large sections, the last of which is identical (or nearly

identical) to the first, resulting in an overall ABA or ABA' form. Repetition is less predictable;

! A " $ " B " $ " A % and ABA without repeats are both common, and ! A " $ " BA % is possible. The

only thematic subcategory of ternary form is compound ternary form, in which each of the

three large sections embeds a smaller form (frequently some sort of binary form).