Musical Periods Flashcards
instruments during Baroque
Harpsichord
Recorder
lots of strings
Not many brass
Canon
polyphonic and melodies come one after another
polyphonic and melodies come one after another
Canon
Instruments in classical
Added:
Horns
Clarinets
double bass
pianos used instead of Harpsichord
Alberti bass
broken chords
broken chords
Alberti bass
Symphony
No solo instruments just whole orchestra
No solo instruments just whole orchestra
Symphony
Concerto
solo instrument
cadenza- played be solo instrument where they show off and ends with a trill
solo instrument
cadenza- played be solo instrument where they show off and ends with a trill
Concerto
pedal
bass note held/ repeated
bass note held/ repeated
pedal
Inverted pedal
high note held/ repeated
high note held/ repeated
Inverted pedal
Romantic period instruments
Added:
Trombones
Tuba
more woodwind
focuses on conveying feelings
(lots of piano music)
20th century period
Impressionism- hazy, floaty sounds
Minimalism- melody repeated with slight changing layer one tune on top of each other
Atonal- No fixed key so sounds quite random
Clusters-notes grouped together
