"The musical form of a ballade stanza is a bar form (AAB). The two statements of the ""A"" section often have different endings, known as ""ouvert"" and ""clos"" respectively, with the harmony of the ""ouvert"" ending leading back to the beginning and that of the ""clos"" ending leading forward into the ""B"" section. In many ballades, the final part of the ""B"" section may reintroduce melodic material referring back to the end of the ""A"" part, a feature known as ""musical rhyme""" Guillaume de Machaut - 03 - SAmours ne fait par sa grace adoucir (ballade) Hopkinson Smith & Montserrat Figueras-Nova angeleta (Soneto (Balada) en ytaliano)
