Forms : A Binary Piece

This Minuet by Bach is in binary form. The repetition bars helps us find out the end of each section.

Section B is longer than section A, starting in E minor before returning to G major in measure 25.

The first eight measures of section A are repeated at the end of part B. When binary pieces have a recapitulation like in this case, they are known as rounded binary:

 

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