Baroque music definitions

Question 1

Aria

Answer 1

Solo song

Question 2

Chorus

Answer 2

With full choir

Question 3

Recitative

Answer 3

Syllabic melody sung over sustained chords to push story on

Question 4

Solo concerto

Answer 4

Piece of music for solo instument accompanied by orchestra

Question 5

Concerto grosso

Answer 5

Music written for more than 1 solo instrument accompanied by orchestra

Question 6

Cantata

Answer 6

For SATB choir and instrumental accompaniment, made up of multiple mvts. Lutheran church music sung at special events

Question 7

Fugue

Answer 7

Music of contrapuntal texture predominantly based on 1 theme called subject

Question 8

Polyphonic

Answer 8

2 or more melodic lines/tones

Question 9

Contrapuntal

Answer 9

Counterpoint

Question 10

Groundbass

Answer 10

Short recurring melodic pattern in bass part of composition that serves as principal structural element

Question 11

Ornament

Answer 11

Melodic decoration eg mordents and trills

Question 12

Scalic passage

Answer 12

Related to scales

Question 13

Modulation

Answer 13

Change in tonality

Question 14

Melodic sequence

Answer 14

Melody repeated at new pitch level

Question 15

Functional harmony

Answer 15

Music that works within tonal framework and uses chords that have specific functions in that tonality

Question 16

Cadences

Answer 16

Chords defining end of musical phrases

Question 17

Diatonic

Answer 17

Any heptatonic scale including 5 whole steps and 2 half steps in each 8ve

Question 18

Harpsichord

Answer 18

String instrument that makes short, staccato notes with limited range of dynamics

Question 19

Organ

Answer 19

Keyboards instrument operated by hands and feet

Question 20

Continuo

Answer 20

Accompaniment in Baroque music providing bassline for other parts and adds harmony

Question 21

Figured bass

Answer 21

System of notation using numbers to show what to play