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What time period was the Baroque Period?
1600-1750
What century period is this?
17th and 18th
Give three notes on the Baroque period:
1. Music was developed
2.Composers replaced modes with major and minor scales
3. Music was written to order ( tailor-made)
Give 4 key musical features of the Baroque Period:
1. Music was in the polyphonic texture
2. Ornaments used frequently
3.Melodies were long and flowing imitations and sequences
4. Music defined in major and minor keys.
Name 5 important composers of the Baroque period:
1.Monteverdi
2.Purcell
3.Vivaldi.
4.Bach.
5. Handel.
What is a sequence?
Melodic phrases repeated at different pitches
What does homophonic mean?
A music texture which involves a melody accompanied by harmonies
Name five string instruments:
1stViolin
2nd violin
2.Cello
3.Double Bass
4.Violas
What does texture mean?
The way different elements of music such as voices and instruments work collectively to create the overall sound is what gives music its texture.
What does timbre mean?
the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument