1.strophic, Sonata form, theme and variations, minuet and trio and Rondo
2.distinguished in ethnomusicology iterative, the same phrase repeated over and over reverting, restatement of a phrase after a contrasting one strophic, a larger melodic entity repeated over and over to different strophes (stanzas) of a poetic text; and progressive
3. Each musical section is identified with an alphabetical label – starting with “A”, then “B”, and so on. The form of a piece of music can be described using a series of these letters (AABA or ABACA), or can be described by using the name of the form.
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