Editing Ternary form (section)

{{Short description|3-part musical form}}
{{Redirect|Song form|the verse-chorus structure found in various songs, such as pop songs|Song structure}}

'''Ternary form''', sometimes called '''song form''',<ref name="HD2nd binary and ternary" /> is a three-part [[musical form]] consisting of an opening section (A), a following section (B) and then a repetition of the first section (A). It is usually schematized as A–B–A. Prominent examples include the da capo aria "The trumpet shall sound" from [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s  ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'', [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 (Chopin)|Prelude in D-Flat Major]] "Raindrop", ([[Preludes (Chopin)|Op. 28]])<ref>White, John D. (1976). ''The Analysis of Music'', pp. 53–54. {{ISBN|0-13-033233-X}}.</ref> and the opening chorus of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s ''[[St John Passion]]''.