Baroque music Flashcards
1
Q
Harmony
A
- Functional harmony
- Perfect cadences
- Harmonic sequences
- Modulations to closely-related keys
- Circle of fifths
- I-V-I-V harmony
- Pedal notes
- Suspensions - chain of suspensions
- Tierce de Picardie
2
Q
Melody
A
- Baroque sigh
- Ornamentation - decoration
- Inverted melodies
- Melodic sequences
- Cadenzas
- Appoggiatura
- Bariolage
3
Q
Rhythm
A
- Generally simple
- Repetitive and motivic
4
Q
Texture
A
- Antiphony - imitative and non-imitative
- Stretto
- Polyphony
- Contrapuntal
- Imitation
- False entry
- Fugue - fugal entries
5
Q
Instrumentation
A
- Harpsichord
6
Q
Structure
A
- Fugue
- Gigue
- Episode and riternello form
