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Flashcards by megan johnson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by megan johnson
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| baroque | decorative (art, architecture) |
| ornamentation | decorative music |
| symphony | large orchestral work |
| concerto | solo with orchestra backing |
| concerto grosso | concerto with more than one soloist |
| ripieno | larger and accompanying - usually string |
| concertino | smaller and solos - flute, violin, harpsichord |
| antiphonal | alternate, overlapping phrases |
| dialoguing | call and response |
| imitation | form of copying a phrase |
| basso continuo | "continuous bass" - cello, harpsichord, organ |
| figured bass | bass + figures - continuo doing extra chord |
| ternary | structure goes A - B - A |
| fugue | a common 3 section structure exposition, B section - final section |
| contrapuntal counter point polyphony | two melodies played "against" each other |
| subject | first thing you hear in a piece |
| answer | after the subject |
| gigue (from the word "jig") | triplet feel, dotted, quavers in the counter subject (usually danced to) |
| stepwise scalic | the melody goes up in steps |
| diatonic | a melody that only uses the notes of the scale |
| tonic | chord 1 |
| dominant | chord 5 |
| cadance | two chords that end a phrase (perfect = 5-1) |
| trill | quick ongoing change between two notes |
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