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Music for a While by Henry Purcell (Ground bass (Baroque, Minor key -…
Music for a While by Henry Purcell
Purcell only wrote out bassline
Harpsichord melody is made up by player before recording/performing
Realisation is written out
Ternary form
Intro (1-3)
A (4-15)
B (15-28)
A1 (29-38)
Ground bass
Baroque
Minor key - solemn
Straight forward rhythm
Slow tempo
Chromatic
Finishes with perfect cadence
Repeated bassline
3 bar pattern, 4 quaver ostinato
Ornaments
Can be written with all notes written out or as a symbol
Appoggiatura
Takes the value from main note after it
Usually dissonant
Slide
Runs up or down to note - doesn't change direction
Trill
Upper mordent
Lower mordent
Turn
Arpeggiation
Used lots on harpsichord
Keeps a more sustained sound
Not usually written out in score
Tierce de Picardie
Used in minor key only
When section is ended with a tonic major chord
Lute in background
No part written out
No tempo marking
Slow tempo as it's hard to perform
Solemn feel
Basso continuo
Chords and bassline
Bass viol and harpsichord
Doubling
A minor
Main tonality
Phrases are different lengths
Don't fit rigidly to bassline
Hides repetitive bassline
Melisma
More than one note to a syllable
Modulation
E minor
Bar 15
Word painting
Suspensions
Note is held from one chord to next which it doesn't belong in
Dissonant
Common in late Baroque music
Baroque pitch
4/4