Baroque Fearures Flashcards
1
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Bariolage
A
Typical of baroque
Two stings are being played - one string open sting
2
Q
Ornamentation
A
Trills etc.
Typical of baroque
Indicate cadence points
3
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Texture
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Contrapuntal
Antiphonal
Homophony on melody
Fugal texture
4
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Melodic features
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Ornaments -trills to indicate cadences Sequences, rising, descending Repetition Even phrases Arpeggios and Scalic phrases Long flowing melodic lines
5
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Dynamics
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Terraced dynamics
No use of crescendos or diminuendos
6
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Tempo
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Even pulse
1 and 3 movement fast
2 movement slower
7
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Rhythm
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Fast rhythms, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, quavers
Rhythmic diminution
8
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Harmony
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Tonic dominant harmony
Suspensions
Perfect cadences
Some dissonance, usually resolves
9
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Melodic decoration
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Lower auxiliary
10
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Tonality
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Often modulated to tonic major/minor and dominant, secondary dominant
11
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Gigue
A
Lively baroque dance
Contrapuntal
12
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Form/structure
A
Ritornello from - passage that returns between episodes
