AOS work Flashcards
1
Q
Baroque features?
A
- Instrumentation / sonority / timbre - Baroque orchestra small - mainly strings and some woodwind (not clarinet)
- Use of Continuo - Harpsichord or Organ plus cello or bass
- Use of chorus - SATB or variations
- soloist tells a story
- Texture can be very varied
- Harmony usually uses a lot of tonic and dominant movement
2
Q
Classical features?
A
- mainly strings but also oboe, bassoon,clarinet, flute horn and trumpet
- Balanced symmetrical phrases
- Strong dynamic contrasts
- Texture can be very varied -
- Harmony usually uses a lot of tonic and dominant movement
- Phrases end with clear cadences - Perfect / Imperfect
3
Q
Romantic features?
A
- Technically difficult / virtuosic
- Dynamic variation
- use of the sustaining pedal
- More adventurous harmony including modulations
- Use of detailed articulations
- Common to use Melody and accompaniment texture
4
Q
Requiem features?
A
- Gigantic in scale
- Modulations
- Chromatic
- Extreme dynamics
5
Q
Musical fatures?
A
- Syncopated
- Syllabic setting
- Simple vocals
- Memorable
- Repetition
- Swing
- Backbeat
6
Q
rock and pop features?
A
- Simple chord progressions (primary chords)
- Riffs
- Electric guitars and synthesisers
- Digital effects (distortion, reverb, echo)
- Palm muting
- Blues scale
- Power chords
- Pitch bend
- Hammer on / pull off
- syncopation
7
Q
blues features?
A
- Primary chords in 12 bar blues
- Syncopation
- Blue notes - flattened thirds, fifths and sevenths
- Falsetto - high soft vocal register
- Swinging
- Call and response
- Blues scale
8
Q
reggae features?
A
- Skank and bubble
- Backbeat, shuffle, one drop
- Primary chords
- Important baselines
9
Q
west african fusion features?
A
- Acapella
- Call and response
- Male singers
- Falsetto
- Glissando
- Primary chords
- Melisma
10
Q
folk features?
A
- Modal
- Primary chords
- Jigs and reels (simple and repetitive with strong beat emphasis)
- Acoustic instruments (uilleann pipes, tabor, fiddle)
