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Binary: Two sections, labeled A and B, usually with repeats ||: A :||: B :||. Each section commonly divides into two parts, with the second part of ||: A :|| focusing on the dominant when the first part is in a major key, or focusing on the relative major if the first part is in minor. The second part of ||: B :|| returns to tonic. Rounded Binary: Two sections, labeled A and B, usually with repeats ||: A :||: B :||. Each section commonly divides into two parts, with the second part of ||: A :|| focusing on the dominant when the first part is in a major key, or focusing on the relative major if the first part is in minor. The second part of ||: B :|| returns to tonic. Additionally, the Rounded Binary brings back the first or second part (usually the second part) of the ||: A :|| section at the end of ||: B :|| Ternary: A three section form: A B A. Each section commonly has repeats. Each section begins and ends in the same key, but the B section is normally in a different key from A. Additionally, each section normally subdivides into Binary Strophic: A vocal form in which the same music is repeated with different verses; i.e., the text changes, but the music does not. Thus, it is musically: A A A A A A Rondo: An extended //Ternary//* form: A B A C A D A. .. . B A. The basic principle is a repeating A section alternating with new material, any number of times Monophony: a single melodic line without accompaniment Homophony: a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords Polyphony: a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices Symphony: A sonata for orchestra Concerto: A sonata for a featured solo instrument and orchestra Sonata: A large instrumental work usually in three or four movements, in which one or more movements is in sonata form Fugue: **A complex, strictly composed form employing imitative counterpoint. The fugue, literally meaning "flight", is a monothematic composition derived from one Subject, which is stated at the outset in all the voice parts in turn, in a specific tonal scheme, alternating tonic and dominant 
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