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The proper terminology is Ternary Form or Rondo forum.

What this means is "three sections", as in a A B A form of composing. The piece begins and ends with the section A (original theme), then section B is something different, then the piece returns to section A, possibly with some modifications.

An overly simplified illustration of this might be:

* Section A: tra-la-la-be-do * Section B: fa-so-so-le-to * Section A tra-la-la-be-do-dum You see, we have started out with a basic theme, then went into the B section and returned to A, but added something special at the end.

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Ternary form is a common structure which goes ABA - ie. there is a section of music (the 'A' section), then a contrasting 'B' section, often in a different key, then the 'A' section is repeated. Sometimes there is a coda to finish the piece.

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