Music Periods' characteristics Flashcards
Use of ornamentation
Baroque
Improvisation
Baroque
Use of figured bass
Baroque
Dance Suite
Baroque
Keyboard instruments: Harpsichord, Clavichord, Organ
Baroque
Terraced Dynamics
Baroque
Homophonic texture
Classical
Obvious cadence points
Classical
Alberti bass
Classical
Sonata form
Classical
Programme music
Romantic
Descriptive titles
Romantic
Colorful harmonies and chromaticism
Romantic
Lyric melodies
Romantic
Complex rhythmic patterns
Romantic
Unresolved dissonances
Impressionism
Nonharmonic tones added to triadsP
Impressionism
Parallel motion
Impressionism
Whole-tone and pentatonic scales
Impressionism
Irregular phrasing
Impressionism
Less use of major and minor tonalities
Contemporary
Quartal harmony, Bitonality, Polytonality, Atonality
Contemporary
Irregular and changing meters
Contemporary
Neo-Classic writing(return to Classical forms)
Contemporary