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Music For A While Flashcards

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Melody

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Mostly conjunct
Passing notes
Lots of ornaments
Mellismatic

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Ornaments

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Trills
Grace notes
Mordents

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Structure

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Ground bass structure
Basso continuo
Da Capo Aria
3 bars introduction - unusual

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Harmony

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Diatonic
Suspensions
Dissonance - false relations

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Texture

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Melody dominated homophony
Ground bass in harpsichord
Provides counterpoint with Melody

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Tonality

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A minor
Often chromatic
Tierce de picardie

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Tempo/ metre

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Quadruple time 4/4
Dotted rhythms
Slow tempo

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Instruments

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Bass viol
Harpsichord
Soprano

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Word painting

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“Pains” = dissonance and “eas’d” resolution
“Drop” repeated
“Wond’ring” descending legato mellismatic Melody
“Eternal” legato mellismatic Melody
“Free the dead” key of G major and rising melody

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