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Baroque key words
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- 1baroquedecorative (art, architecture)
- 2ornamentationdecorative music
- 3symphonylarge orchestral work
- 4concertosolo with orchestra backing
- 5concerto grossoconcerto with more than one soloist
- 6ripienolarger and accompanying - usually string
- 7concertinosmaller and solos - flute, violin, harpsichord
- 8antiphonalalternate, overlapping phrases
- 9dialoguingcall and response
- 10imitationform of copying a phrase
- 11basso continuo"continuous bass" - cello, harpsichord, organ
- 12figured bassbass + figures - continuo doing extra chord
- 13ternarystructure goes A - B - A
- 14fuguea common 3 section structure exposition, B section - final section
- 15contrapuntal counter point polyphonytwo melodies played "against" each other
- 16subjectfirst thing you hear in a piece
- 17answerafter the subject
- 18gigue (from the word "jig")triplet feel, dotted, quavers in the counter subject (usually danced to)
- 19stepwise scalicthe melody goes up in steps
- 20diatonica melody that only uses the notes of the scale
- 21tonicchord 1
- 22dominantchord 5
- 23cadancetwo chords that end a phrase
(perfect = 5-1) - 24trillquick ongoing change between two notes
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