Baroque Music

Question 1

Name one type of ornament common to baroque music

Answer 1

Trills
Grace notes

Question 2

Name the most common baroque instrument

Answer 2

Harpsichord

Question 3

Describe the sound of the most common baroque instrument

Answer 3

• Piano like
• No pedals
• Tinnier than piano
• Strings plucked by quills

Question 4

How is an organ played?

Answer 4

Air blown through large pipes

Question 5

Name two string instruments found in baroque music

Answer 5

Violin, Viola, Cello

Question 6

What is arco?

Answer 6

Bowed (in terms of playing string instruments)

Question 7

What is pizzicato?

Answer 7

Plucked (in terms of string instruments)

Question 8

Name two woodwind instruments found in baroque music

Answer 8

Flute
Recorder
Oboe
Bassoon

Question 9

What is legato?

Answer 9

𝅘𝅥𝅽
Smooth notes

Question 10

What is staccato?

Answer 10

𝅘𝅥𝅼
Detached notes

Question 11

How does the baroque era trumoet differ from modern trumpets? 🎺

Answer 11

• It had no valves
• You needed a much stronger embouchure (to play high)
• Had to be played much higher (to reduce gap between notes)

Question 12

Name one baroque era percussion instrument

Answer 12

• Timpani
• Kettle Drum
  Note that both are rare in baroques era music

Question 13

What is concerto

Answer 13

One soloist at the front accompanied by an orchestra

Question 14

What is the Italian term for unaccompanied?

Answer 14

Acapella

Question 15

List all voice types from highest to lowest (SATB)

Answer 15

(SATB = Soprano Alto Tenor Bass)
- Soprano
- Mezzo-soprano
- Alto
- Counter Tenor
- Tenor
- Baritone
- Bass

Question 16

What is a chorus (baroque era)

Answer 16

A group of singers of varying ranges (SATB)
Can be A Capella (unaccompanied voice)

Question 17

What is the difference between syllabic and melismatic

Answer 17

Syllabic is one syllable per note
Melismatic is multiple notes per syllable

Question 18

What is a descant?

Answer 18

A higher solo counter melody which stands out above the main melody

Question 19

Comment on dynamics in the baroque era

Answer 19

• Harpsichord cannot play dynamics
• Dynamics rare

Question 20

Comment on tempo changes in baroque music

Answer 20

Music didnt typically feature speed changes except from slowing down near the end

Question 21

What is ground bass?

Answer 21

A repeated baseline which doesn’t change through a song

Question 22

What is the term for music with multiple independent moving parts?

Answer 22

Polyphonic/Contraphonic

Question 23

What is the name for music with all parts moving together?

Answer 23

Homophonic

Question 24

Describe binary form in terms of A B C etc

Answer 24

AB or AABB

Question 25

Describe ternary form in terms of A B C etc

Answer 25

ABA

Question 26

Describe rondo from in terms of A B C etc

Answer 26

ABACADAEAFAG etc

Question 27

What is a coda?
𝄉 al coda
𝄊 al coda
𝄋
𝄌

Answer 27

When music is repeated with a different ending