GCSE Music Edexcel - Sonata Form Revision

Sonata Form
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Two fundamental ideas in Sonata form are Repetition and Contrast.
It developed from Binary Form, but repeated the first section, making it three
sections.

First Section Second Section Third Section
Exposition ­ Themes are Development ­ Themes go Recapitulation ­ Themes
`exposed' / heard for…

N.b The whole Exposition is
often repeated sop that the
listener will become familiar
with the two subjects
before the development