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Balanced sections – two different sections of a piece having a common phrase at the end.

Binary Form – a type of musical structure where there are two different sections in the piece, usually with the sections repeated.

Continuous binary – a binary form in which the first section doesn’t end on the tonic.

Rounded binary – a binary form in which the B section has a smaller A section at the end.

Sectional binary - a binary form in which the first section ends on the tonic.

Simple binary – a binary form in which the two sections are a contrast to each other.

Design – the arrangement of the phrases or themes in a piece.

Minuet and trio – a composite ternary form written as a dance.

Scherzo and trio – a composite ternary form in a fast tempo.

Section – a group of phrases.

Strain – the sections of the binary form inside a composite form.

Structure – the harmonic structure of the piece.

Ternary form – a structure that consists of three sections.

Composite ternary – a combination of binary forms that makes the piece a ternary form as a whole.

Simple ternary – a ternary form that consists of an A section, followed by a B section, and another A section completely, unlike a rounded binary.