Periods And Styles Flashcards
Plainsong
Type of religious chanting featured in church music
Chorus
Organised group of singers
Baroque
Repetition
Sequences
Polyphonic meolody
Contrapuntal phrases
Sounds like instruments imitating eachohter
Baroque instruments
Violin
Cello
Viola
Double bass
Reorder
Wooden flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Harpsichord (stacatto sounds)
Timpani (kettle drums)
Contrapuntal
2 or melodies playing at once with equal importance
Classical
Beautiful melodies
Homophonic accompaniments
Alberti bass line
Symphony
Concerto
Binary, ternary and rondo forms
Classical instruments
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass
Guitar
Recorder
Wooden flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet
Trumpet
Horns
Timpani
Triangle
Cymbals
Bass drums
Fortepiano
Alberti bass line
Broken chords played lowest, highest, middle, highest
Symphony
Large piece of orchestral music with four movements all with different tempos and moods
Concerto
Work for a solo instrument accompanies by an orchestra
Binary
AB
Music with 2 clear sections
Ternary
ABA
2 sections then returned to frst
Rondo
ABACA
Music keeps retuning to first section
Coda
Final section in a piece of music
Romantic
Larger orchestras
Rubato
Different harmonies and modulations
Crescendo
Dimuendo
Sforzando
Timbral colour
Timbre
Tone of musical sound
Romantic instruments
Larger string section
Flute
Piccolo
Oboe
Bassoon
Double bassoon
Trumpet
Trombone
French horn
Tuba
Full percussion section
Piano
Minimalist
Compositions based on short Ostinatos and patterns
Hypnotic Fechtsport
Layers of instruments and sounds
Minimalist instruments
Acoustic along electronic
Opera
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Vibrato
Melismatic
Syllabic
Vibrato
Playing/ singing with quick, slightly varying pitch
Melismatic
More than one note played per syllable
Syllabic
One note sung per syllable
