Baroque Period Flashcards
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Baroque Period
Prevailing music type from era 1600-1750.
Recitative
singing style covering text using an economical & direct way.
Tonal Center
Specific pitch in which pieces are centered.
Modulations
changing tonal center as the music progresses, using without a break.
Doctrine of Affection
Practice of attempting to project states of feeling and ideas in music.
Equal Temperment
tuning the intervals are adjusted to divide the octave into twelve equal
Terraced dynamic
abrupt changes in levels of loudness
Realization
Keyboard player performing the music indicated. by the figured bass
Basso Continuo
baseline fr keyboard\ other instruments in which the player is given only a succession of single notes and other symbols from which to fill out the remainder harmony
Oratorio
performed without scenery, costumes or acting
Aria
a composite solo song lengthy in an opera, oratorio or cantata.
Runs
Series of rapidly moving scale-wise notes.
Virtuoso
A very technically skilled performer.
Basso Contino
baseline for keyboard/ other instruments in which the player is given only a succesion of single notes and other symbols from which to fill out the remainder of the harmony
Sonata
Boraque multimovement work for solo instruments
