Baroque Concepts

Question 1

Consort

Answer 1

Small group of instruments, type of chamber music

Question 2

Ballet

Answer 2

Fa la la la

Strophic

Question 3

Time changes

Answer 3

Change in tempo

Question 4

Chorus

Answer 4

Group of singers

Question 5

Aria

Answer 5

Solo group in an opera

Question 6

Plainchant

Answer 6

Unaccompanied melody in Latin

Question 7

Suspension

Answer 7

Creates tension

Note from first chord is held over next chord

Question 8

Homophonicp

Answer 8

Moves at same time

Question 9

Polyphonic

Answer 9

Moves at different times

Question 10

Basso continuo

Answer 10

Supports one or more melodies

Question 11

Concerto Grissom

Answer 11

Contrast between small groups of soloists and small orchestra

Question 12

Symphony

Answer 12

Large orchestral piece

Question 13

Concerto

Answer 13

Solo instrument

Question 14

Mass

Answer 14

Latin
Syllabic
Sacred

Question 15

Cadences

Answer 15

Perfect
Imperfect
Interrupted
Plagal

Question 16

Sequence

Answer 16

Repeated section above/bellow

Question 17

Obstinate

Answer 17

Riff

Question 18

Ground bass

Answer 18

Short theme which is repeated as music varies

Question 19

Adagio

Answer 19

Slow

Question 20

Allegro

Answer 20

Fast

Question 21

Moderato

Answer 21

Medium

Question 22

Through composed

Answer 22

Vocal piece with no repetition

Question 23

Chant

Answer 23

Renaissance
Monks
Modal

Question 24

Renaissance

Answer 24

Earliest music

Question 25

Song cycle

Answer 25

Group of songs linked by the same theme

Question 26

Coloratura

Answer 26

High decorative singing

Question 27

Antiphonal

Answer 27

Dialogue between voices and instruments

Question 28

Motet

Answer 28

Latin Sacred Choral

Question 29

Oratorio

Answer 29

Religious | Opera

Question 30

Mode

Answer 30

Early scales

Question 31

Chorale

Answer 31

German hymn tune

Question 32

Strophic

Answer 32

Verse Chorus Verse Chorus

Question 33

Inverted pedal

Answer 33

High note sustained or repeated in an upper section

Question 34

Alberti bass

Answer 34

Broken chords | Classical

Question 35

Ritornello

Answer 35

Music that keeps coming back

Question 36

Stretto

Answer 36

Voices and instruments come in fast one after another

Question 37

Subject

Answer 37

Main theme

Question 38

Fugue

Answer 38

Contrapuntal | Based on imitation

Question 39

Cannon

Answer 39

Contrapuntal composition | Melody with multiple imitations

Question 40

Answer

Answer 40

Imitate first voice

Question 41

Heniola

Answer 41

Music changing from duple to triple (vice verse)