Music

Question 1

Name the degrees of scale

Answer 1

Question 2

what is the Baroque concerto?

How many movements does it have?

What musical features does a concerto’s movements usually contain ?

Answer 2

Question 3

Baroque orchestra

how big is it?

what insutruments?

what type of concertos?

Answer 3

Question 4

what is a Concerto Grosso?

what is the solo concerto?

Answer 4

Question 5

what is Historically Informed Performance (HIP)?

what is a Gigue?

Answer 5

Question 6

Define Tempo

Answer 6

the speed (bpm) of a piece of music

Question 7

Define rhythm

Answer 7

the combination of long and short notes into patterns

Question 8

Define Metre

Answer 8

the grouping of strong and weak beats into bars

Question 9

Define relative minor

Answer 9

has the same key signature as a major but has a different tonic

Question 10

Define ritornello

Answer 10

where there is a solo in between each section which keeps returning

ABACADA

B, C, D = SOLO

Question 11

Define figured bass

Answer 11

notes to guide the realise (a melody that improvises)

Question 12

Define subdominant

Answer 12

is the fourth note of the diatonic scale of any key

Question 13

Define ternary structure

Answer 13

a three part musical form consisting of an opening section (A), then (B), then repeated A.

Scematized as A-B-A

think of turing as it turns back

Question 14

Define realised music

Answer 14

music improvised over figured bass

Question 15

What is a passing note?

Answer 15

a note that falls between two notes to provide melodic transition

Question 16

What is a pedal note?

Answer 16

a sustained or repeated note which is sounded against changing harmonies

Question 17

What is an Appogiatura?

Answer 17

an expressive ornament that leans on to the main note that follows

Question 18

what is a Suspension?

Answer 18

prolonged note that creates dissonance with another note that ised to be in a chord that is suspended and then comes down into the chord to match the other note

Question 19

why did Bach writen the 3rd movement of Brandenburg No 5 in 2/4?

Answer 19

• he still wanted to divide the beat into 3 notes
• in simple time dividing 1 beat into 3 quavers (instead of 2) created triplets
• today we would write this piece in 6/8

Question 20

what does Largo mean?

Answer 20

broad and slow

Question 21

at does Adagio mean?

Answer 21

bit faster than…..Largo

Question 22

at does Andante mean?

Answer 22

walking pace

Question 23

at does Allegro mean?

Answer 23

quick and lively

Question 24

at does Vivace mean?

Answer 24

very lively

Question 25

at does Presto mean?

Answer 25

really fast

Question 26

is the literal translation of basso continuo?

which instruments normally play this part?

Answer 26

continuous bass

harpsichord, cello, bassoon

Question 27

what is a Homophonic texture?

Answer 27

melody on accompaniment

Question 28

what is a polyphonic texture?

Answer 28

it contains two or more active melodies that contrast each other interplay, weaving in and out

Question 30

what are conjunct notes?

Answer 30

notes in a melody move in a stepwise motion i.e. from one note of the scale to the next

Question 31

what are disjunct notes?

Answer 31

melody notes leap from one to the next, missing out notes in between an Arpeggio

Question 32

what is a phase?

Answer 32

the melody is structured in neat 2 or 4 bar patterns almost like a question and answer

Question 33

what are the tonic and dominant?

Answer 33

classical melodies that are often based upon chord I and chord V

Question 34

what is a Pedal note?

Answer 34

a bass note (usually either of the answers to Q4) that is sustained whilst the chords in the orchestra change

Question 35

what is a sequence?

Answer 35

a short motif (melodic pattern) that repeats, starting one note higher (ascending) or lower (descening) each time

Question 37

what are broken chords?

Answer 37

playing the notes of a chord in smaller groups (even individually) and with a repeating pattern

Question 38

what is Alberti Bass?

Answer 38

a specific type of q.8 typical of piano accompaniment in the classical era