Baroque Period Test Answers – Flashcards
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figured bass
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The bass line of the accompaniment to melodies
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basso continuo
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generally involves two performers, one playing the notated bass line and one the harmonies as indicated by the figured bass
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major-minor tonality
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major-minor system replaced modes
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polyphony
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music that has two more more melodies being heard at the same time
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improvisation
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quite important in the Baroque, and made every performance sound different
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binary form
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music that is in two parts, each part repeated, and appears in most Baroque dances
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ternary form
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music in three parts, with the first part repeated
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the affections
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moods that Baroque composers felt that music should arouse in the listener
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equal temperament
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tuning instruments so that all semitones are equal distance apart
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use of dissonance
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dissonance was used freely and to intensify the emotion and to add colour
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idiomatic writing
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writing music specifically for one instrument
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terraced dynamics
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sudden shift of dynamics from one level to another
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vigorous rhythm
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rhythm that never slows until it reaches the end of the piece
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ornamentation
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ornaments were added for harpsichords to provide accents
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the virtuoso musician
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composers such as Vivaldi, Back, and Handel who were able to write music for their particular instrument that needed a more advanced playing technique
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list five characteristics of Baroque music
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figured bass, basso continuo, idiomatic writing for instruments, main texture of music is polyphonic, improvisation
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Italian contributions to Baroque music (6)
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3-movement Baroque concerto, dynamic instrumental style, the violin family, opera, lilting melodies, orchestral style
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French contributions to Baroque music (3)
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dotted rhythms of the French opera overture, Baroque dances such as the minuet, bourree, gavotte, an elegant, refined style and decorated melodies
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German contributions to Baroque music (2)
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fugues and other contrapuntal music, organ music
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English contributions to Baroque music (1)
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English gigue
