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Baroque Music Concepts Flashcards

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What is a scale?

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It moves up the notes by steps

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What is an arpeggio?

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An arpeggio moves in leaps ascending or descending patterns

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What’s an ornament?

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It decorates the main melody

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What is a trill?

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Quick and continuous alternation between two notes most often the main note and note above. Often used at the ends of phrases or at cadence points.

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What is repetition?

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When a pattern of notes are repeated at exactly the same pitch

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What is a sequence?

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When a pattern of notes are repeated at a higher or lower pitch with each repetition

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What is perfect cadence?

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When the section of music that finishes the music which sounds finished as it ends on chord 1 and is preceded by chord 5

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What is an imperfect cadence?

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When the end of the piece finishes on chord 5

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What is syllabic word setting?

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When each syllable is set to only one note

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What is melismatic word setting?

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When a syllable can be set to more then one note

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What is a descant?

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This is when a higher part is sung above the main melody

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What is adagio?

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Slow

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What is andante?

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Walking pace

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What is moderato?

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Moderate speed

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What is allegro?

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Fast

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What is accelerando?

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To speed up

17
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What is ritardando?

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To slow down

18
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What is an anacrusis?

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When one or more notes are played/sung before the first beat of the bar

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What is simple time?

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When each beat can be divided into quavers (think cof-fee).
It contains the following time signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

20
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What is compound time?

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When each beat can be divided into triplets (think straw-bed-ry) and can use the following time signatures 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

21
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What is a dotted rhythm?

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When a dot is added is added after a note which increases its value by half

22
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What is arco?

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Playing with the bow

23
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What is pizzicato?

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Plucking the stings

24
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What is a roll?

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When the player plays quick, repeated notes on one pitch.

25
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What is cannon?

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When instruments or voices play/sing the EXACT SAME material in turn, overlapping.

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What is imitation?

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When SIMILAR material is played/sung, possibly at different pitches, or with slight differences.

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What is homophonic?

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Homophonic music is when all instruments/ voices move at the same time with the same rhythms, though possibly in harmony, i.e same rhythms at different pitches.

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What is polyphonic music?

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Polyphonic music has independent parts, using different rhythms and pitches, ‘weaving’ in and out of one another. It can also be described as contrapuntal.

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What is a ground bass?

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A base line which is repeated all the way through a piece of music while the parts above it change.

30
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What is binary form?

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Binary form is for music written in two sections, which can be labelled ‘A’ and ‘B’. Each A and B section is normally repeated, so it actually sounds like AABB

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What is Ternary form?

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Music written for two sections ‘A’ and ‘B’ with section A being played again, giving a structure of ABA

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What is rondo?

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Rondo form has a recurring section ‘A’ with a different section in between each labelled ‘B, ‘C’, ‘D’, etc. this gives a structure of ABACADA

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What is a chorus?

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A chorus features a choir sining together. The word chorus can also be used for the name of the group singers, so chorus and choir are interchangeable.

34
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What is an aria?

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An aria is for a solo singer (or very occasionally, a duet) and is expressive in nature.

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What is a concerto?

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A piece written for an instrument accompanied by orchestra and is intended to show off what an instrument or a player can do

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