brandenburg concerto key terms

Question 1

ornamentation

Answer 1

notes that decorate the key

Question 2

diatonic

Answer 2

notes belonging to the key

Question 3

monophonic

Answer 3

a single melodic line

Question 4

homophonic

Answer 4

melody + accompaniment

Question 5

polyphonic

Answer 5

more than one melody at the same time

Question 6

sequence

Answer 6

a musical phrase is repeated a note higher or lower each time

Question 7

pedal

Answer 7

a sustained (or repeated) note, usually in the bass part. usually the tonic/dominant

Question 8

suspension

Answer 8

prolonging a note to create a dissonance with the next chord

Question 9

affection

Answer 9

same mood throughout in a baroque piece

Question 10

concerto grosso

Answer 10

a concerto for more than one soloist and larger group/string orchestra

Question 11

dialoguing

Answer 11

instruments swapping ideas in dialogue with each other

Question 12

antiphonal

Answer 12

swapping between instrumental groups e.g concertino and ripieno

Question 13

concertino

Answer 13

the smaller group of soloists in a concerto grosso (flute, violin + harpsichord)

Question 14

ripieno

Answer 14

the larger group of instruments in a concerto grosso (string orchestra)

Question 15

basso continuo

Answer 15

bass parts instruments play that accompany throughout the piece (harpsichord)

Question 16

figured bass

Answer 16

musical shorthand for the keyboard player which indicate the chord to be played and the inversion

Question 17

fugue

Answer 17

musical form which has an exposition, middle section and final section with a contrapuntal subject

Question 18

ternary

Answer 18

musical form with 3 sections - ABA

Question 19

subject

Answer 19

short main theme of the fugue

Question 20

dominant

Answer 20

5th degree of the scale

Question 21

answer

Answer 21

subject repeated in response to the subject, usually a 4th/5th higher/lower

Question 22

coutersubject

Answer 22

melody after the subject/answer - against (counter, same time) as the subject

Question 23

stretto

Answer 23

entries of the subject occur close together

Question 24

contrapuntal

Answer 24

melodies are played against each other and interweave

Question 25

secondary dominant

Answer 25

a key that is the dominant of the dominant

Question 26

passagework

Answer 26

2 parts are exactly the same but are played with a delay of entry in one part