Baroque Terms

Question 1

Baroque

Answer 1

Exaggerated or Even

Question 2

Basso Continue

Answer 2

Accompaniment used in Baroque period

Question 3

Equal Temperment

Answer 3

Tuning system based upon the division of the octave into 12 equal half steps

Question 4

Figured Bass

Answer 4

Musical notation indicating intervals (chords and non-chord tones) in relation to a bass note

Question 5

Homophonic Texture

Answer 5

Single voice takes over melodic interest while accompanying part takes a subordinate role

Question 6

Polyphonic Texture

Answer 6

Many voiced texture; combining two or more melody lines, distributing melodic interest among all the parts

Question 7

Terraced Dynamics

Answer 7

Volume levels shift abruptly from soft to loud and back; no gradual crescendos or decrescendos

Question 8

The Affections

Answer 8

A philosophy which sought to project one clear emotion for the duration of a composition or movement

Question 9

Word Painting

Answer 9

An expressive device in which the meaning of the words is vividly depicted through music

Question 10

Drone

Answer 10

A single sustained note against melodic and rhythmic complexities when they unfold

Question 11

Ostinato

Answer 11

Short musical pattern repeated continuously throughout a work or major section of a composition

Question 12

Ripieno

Answer 12

All together; Everybody

Question 13

Ritornello Form

Answer 13

Short recurring instrumental passage found in solo concerto and concerto grosso

Question 14

Da Capo

Answer 14

From the beginning

Question 15

Aria

Answer 15

A song usually of high emotional nature

Question 16

French Overture

Answer 16

Composition used as an introduction to ballets, operas, suites; divided into sections; dotted rhythms; lively fugal theme introduced, then imitated by other voices

Question 17

Homorythmic Texture

Answer 17

TBD

Question 18

Libretto

Answer 18

Text of an opera

Question 19

Melisma

Answer 19

Melodic style characterized by many notes to a single text syllable

Question 20

Recitativo Accompagnato

Answer 20

Solo accompanied by the orchestra

Question 21

Recitativo Secco

Answer 21

A dry declamatory style of singing supported by continuo only; a speech like type of singing

Question 22

Counterpoint

Answer 22

Relationship between voices that are interdependent harmonically and independent with rhythm and contour

Question 23

Subject

Answer 23

The initial statement of the main theme of a fugue in the tonic key

Question 24

Real Answer

Answer 24

Exact transposition of the subject

Question 25

Tonal Answer

Answer 25

One or more intervals of the subject are adjusted to accommodate harmony

Question 26

Countersubject

Answer 26

A recurring counter-melody accompanying entries of the subject and answer

Question 27

Episode

Answer 27

Entrances of the subject

Question 28

Stretto

Answer 28

Theme imitated by voices in close succession

Question 29

Pedal point

Answer 29

Sustained tone over which harmonies change

Question 30

Tierce de Picardie

Answer 30

A common mannerism of ending a minor key work in the tonic major (raised third)