Pertaining to the sonata form, a fast movement in triple time.

A movement in triple meter; usually the third movement of a sonata, symphony or quartet; introduced by Beethoven to replace the minuet.

(Italian: 'joke'). A movement from a work. Originating in the 17th Century, the form usually appears in a Symphony as a fast, light-hearted second or third movement. Beethoven used the form as an alternative to the minuet, and Chopin expanded the form as whole works in his four Scherzi.