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Baroque Music Flashcards

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Soprano

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High female voice

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Alto

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Low female voice

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Tenor

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High male voice

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Bass

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Low male voice

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Mezzo soprano

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Female voice between a soprano and a alto

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Baritone

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Male voice between a tenor and a bass

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Opera

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A drama set to music with soloists, chorus, orchestra and acting

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Chorus

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  1. A group of singers
  2. Music written foe these singers
  3. the refrain between verse of a song
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Aria

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A solo sung in a operatic style

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Ground bass

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A theme in the boss which is reapeted many times while the upper parts are varied

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Concerto

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A work of a solo instrument and orchestra

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Canon

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Same part of the melody repeated a bit after the first time

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Compound time

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The beats subdevides into groups of 3 (the word strawberry fits)

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Simple time

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The beat fits into groups of 2 (the word coffee fits)

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Accelerator

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Gradually getting faster

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French horn

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A brass instrument with circular shape

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Trombone

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A brass instrument with a slide

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Trumpet

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The highest brass instrument

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Imitation

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The melody is immediately copied in another part

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Sequence

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A melodic phrase which is repeated higher or lower

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Repetition

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A exact repeat of a melodic phrase

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Glissando

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sliding from one note to another

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Pedal

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A held note or repeated notes in the bass beneath changing uppers parts

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Inverted pedal

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A held note or repeated in a upper part

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A Capella

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Unaccompanied singing

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Riterdando/ralletando

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The tempo slows down/Gradually getting slower

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Oboe

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A woodwind instrument with a double reed

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Imperfect cadence

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The last chord at the end of a phase is V. it sounds unfinished

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Perfect cadence

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Chords VI at the end of a phase it sounds finished

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Accidental

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Notes which sound louder than others

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Ornaments

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Decoration a melody by adding short notes

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Tempo - adagio/moderato/allegro

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The speed of the music - slow/moderate/fast

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Harpsichord

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A keyboard instrument where the string are plucked

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Classical

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Music written approximately 1750 - 1810

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Romantic

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Music written approximately 1750 - 1810

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Solo

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One instrument or voice

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Homophonic

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Where all the parts play a similar rhythm at the same time (texture)

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Polyphonic/contrupuntal

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Where the parts play independently (texture)

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Melismatic

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Vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable (word choice)

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Syllabic

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Vocal music where each note is given are syllable (word choice)

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