music for a while key terms

Question 1

basso continuo

Answer 1

instruments accompanying the music throughout (bass viol, harpsichord)

Question 2

ground bass

Answer 2

a repeating pattern or melody in the bass line common in the baroque period

Question 3

mordent

Answer 3

the original note, the note above the note and then the original note again

Question 4

appoggiatura

Answer 4

a grace note which takes half the value of the main note starting a semitone or tone higher

Question 5

syllabic

Answer 5

one note per syllable

Question 6

melismatic

Answer 6

more than one note per syllable

Question 7

word painting

Answer 7

depicting a word in music to imitate its meaning

Question 8

dissonant intervals

Answer 8

notes that clash

Question 9

suspension

Answer 9

prolonging a note to create a dissonance with the next chord

Question 10

tierce di picardie

Answer 10

a sharpened third in the tonic chord in the minor key

Question 11

onomatopeoic

Answer 11

the music setting sounds like the word

Question 12

da capo aria

Answer 12

ABA - repeated A section gives singer opportunity to embellish/ornament

Question 13

arpeggiated

Answer 13

the notes of a chord played individually in sequence

Question 14

countertenor

Answer 14

higher male voice

Question 15

stile italiano

Answer 15

use of dotted rhythms

Question 16

spread chord

Answer 16

chord is spread, usually from bottom to the top