Editing Sonata form (section)

===Recapitulation===
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The recapitulation is an altered repeat of the exposition, and consists of:
* ''First subject group'' – normally given prominence as the highlight of a recapitulation, it is usually in exactly the same key and form as in the exposition.
* ''Transition'' – often the transition is carried out by introducing a novel material: a kind of an additional brief development. It is called a "secondary development".
* ''Second subject group'' – usually in roughly the same form as in the exposition, but now in the home key, which sometimes involves change of mode from major to minor, or vice versa, as occurs in the first movement of Mozart's [[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 40]] (K. 550). More often, however, it may be recast in the [[parallel major]] of the home key (for example, C major when the movement is in C minor like Beethoven's [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5 in C Minor]], op. 67/I). [[Key (music)|Key]] here is more important than [[Mode (music)|mode]] (major or minor); the recapitulation provides the needed balance even if the material's mode is changed, so long as there is no longer any key conflict.
Exceptions to the recapitulation form include Mozart and Haydn works that often begin with the second subject group when the first subject group has been elaborated at length in the development. If a theme from the second subject group has been elaborated at length in the development in a resolving key such as the tonic major or minor or the subdominant, it may also be omitted from the recapitulation. Examples include the opening movements of Mozart's [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Mozart)|piano sonata in C minor, K. 457]], and Haydn's String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1.

After the closing cadence, the [[musical argument]] proper is said to be completed harmonically. If the movement continues, it is said to have a coda.