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Opera Examples (Euridice (stile rappresentativo ('unrelieved and…

- - - - Shock
        
        Held 'A' in the basso continuo
        
        Reactionary responses from Orpheus to the basso continuo harmony
        
        Bare dissonances (major 7th) between Orpheus and basso continuo on 'sospiro'
        
        'Non piano e non sospiro'
      - Grief
        
        'O mio care'
        
        Orpheus now pre-empts harmonic changes
        
        Increased rate of harmonic change
        
        More chromatic harmonies
      - Resolution
        
        'Tosto vedrai'
        
        Increased tempo
        
        increased speed in the melodic line
- - - - Triplet constructions with word painting e.g. 'sun', 'wind', 'moon'
    - - Orfeo eventually arrives at the same tonal zone (F major) as the messenger when he has resolved to go and get Euridice
  - - - e.g. Orpheus by purely string instrumentation; trombones and bass gamba represent scenes in the underworld.