Bach Flashcards
Features of baroque music
Ornamentation
Trills
Arpeggios
Grace notes
Melisma
Imitation
Dialogue
Modulations
Texture
Polyphonic
Voices enter in imitation and sing melody against each other
Bass line
Joy motif
Melisma
Adding extra notes to a single syllable to embellish the word
Basso continue
A single line part and a bass instrument eg cello with figured bass underneath
Form
Basic plan or overall structure of music
Cantata
A movement composed for vocalists and instruments
Chorale
A German hum tune
Riternello
Recurring melodic theme
Chaconne
Shirt repeating bass line ostinate or ground bass
Instruments
Strings
Organ
Cello
Oboe
Flute
Horn
Figured bass
The number underneath the bass line indicate what chord is to be played
Vocal pedal
A sustained note held over several notes in a vocal line
Syllabic
Each syllable is given one note
Imitation
Repitiition of motif or phrase by a different instrument or vocal part usually a few beats after in was heard the first time
Joy motif (dactyl )
One long syllable and 2 short ones
Key
G minor
Meter
3
Which vocal part do you hear in the chorale melody
Soprano
Describe the other vocal parts
Alto tenor and bass voices enter with the the ground bass in imitation decending and ascending chromatically
What instruments okay riternello theme
Oboe and violin
What instrument play bass line
Organ and cello
Main features of the bass line
Octave leap
Repeated notes
Defending chromatic movement
Ostinato
A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm
What instment okay chorale theme with the soprano
Flute
Chromatic harmony
Moving in semi tones
Basso continuo
Provides harmonic support to upper melodic lines
Which instrument okay intro bar 1-9
Flute and oboe
Accompaniment bar one to nine is played on
Violas and cellos
Where in the cantata is the chorus heard
At the beginning of the first movement
SATB choir singing at same time
