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Horizontal Music

sheet music, melodic, a wave of notes

Vertical Music

stacked notes, played at the same time

polyphony

multiple melodies

monophony

one melody

homophony

when the instrumental fades away to allow the vocals/melody to have more emphasis

dissonance

an awkward vertical sounding cord

What are some characteristics of Baroque music?

dramatic


emotional


used dissonance strategically to create tension

What lead the birth of Opera?

The reimagination of greek tragedies (with music) lead to the birth of Opera

Claudio Monteverdi

First person to compose an Opera

Vivaldi

-influenced Bach


composed over 500 songs (each song can only be performed once)


composed horizontal music which had both fast and slow movements

Bach

used vertical and horizontal structures to get surround sound


excelled at counterpoint (multiple melodies and weave them in complex ways)


found all chords/keys on piano, thus tuning all of the other string instruments to play in the same key


same chords/keys allowed multiple instruments to play at the same time

George Handel

-one of the last baroque music composers (before transition to gospel)


- composed hallelujah


starts composing oratorios (operas w/o actors)