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Form - Answer-refers to the way a particular piece of music is laid out- a roadmap or
blueprint that a composer can follow when composing a particular piece of music.
Different types of form - Answer-Binary form
ternary form
Binary form - Answer-when a piece of music has tow sections of contrasting music.
Ternary form - Answer-music in which there are three sections of music, the first and
last being the same, the middle contrasting.
movement - Answer-self-contained portion of music (with beginning, middle, and end)
that is part of a larger work
Tempo - Answer-speed of music
grave, largo, lento - Answer-very slow
adagio - Answer-slow
somewhat slow - Answer-andante
medium speed - Answer-moderato
somewhat fast - Answer-allegretto
fast - Answer-allegro and vivace
very fast - Answer-presto
Baroque Era - Answer-time of great advancement in the amount of music written for
orchestral instruments (1580-1750)
instruments of the baroque era - Answer-baroque flues, oboes, bassoons, and brass
instruments
sting instruments were very high quality
the most popular was the harpsichord
performance venues in the baroque era - Answer-church and court
opera houses
home (members of the nobility quite often had them in their homes)
, Basso continuo - Answer-performance technique in whish improvised chords are added
to the bass line in a piece of music.
- used in almost every genre in the baroque era
continuo player - Answer-any instrument that is assigned to play the bass line
figured bass - Answer-a set of symbols written above or below the bass line to help
keyboardists realize the bass line
- unique to the baroque era
ground bass - Answer-compositional technique in which the rhythm and succession of
pitches of the bass line repeats over and over gain.
- can be featured throughout the entire piece or it can be used for sections within a
piece
- not used for any genres that are for unaccompanied instruments because there is not
separate bass line
-became extremely popular in the baroque era
walking bass - Answer-every note in the bass line is the same length; the pitches can be
different, but the duration of each note is the same.
- used in any genre(vocal or instrumental) that has a bass line
- popular in the baroque era and not regularly used in the classical era
Cadenza - Answer-a performance technique used within certain genres in which a
soloist improvises an unaccompanied solo in order to show off their skill and virtuosity.
- occur most frequently in the genre of concerto/concerto grosso, but they also can
happen in vocal music.
- quite common in the baroque era and were still popular in the classical
genres that use cadenzas - Answer-cantata
opera
oratorio
concerto/concerto grosso
Ritornello form - Answer-used in instrumental music, most often found in concerti.
initial musical material is presented by a group of instrumentalists-- usually a baroque
orchestra (strings and basso continuo)
- means that the music will return again
-ritornello form was at its height of popularity in the baroque era and swiftly
abandonedin the classical
Concerto - Answer-a multi-movement instrumental genre featuring one solo instrument
and orchestra
-extremely popular genre in the baroque era
-concerto was a major focus of composers in the classical era.
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