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ritornello — meaning in music

ritornello is a musical term meaning recurring section. It is a form & structure marking, first tested at Grade 5 in ABRSM, AMEB and Trinity music theory exams. From that grade on, every written paper expects you to know it on sight.

Definition
recurring section
Form & structureFirst tested: Grade 5
Translations
Frenchsection récurrente
Germanwiederkehrender Abschnitt
Italiansezione ricorrente
Spanishsección recurrente
Chinese重复部分

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