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AOS1 - Baroque - Coggle Diagram
AOS1 - Baroque
Key Musical Features
Terraced dynamics are employed where the music is either loud or soft depending on the texture of the music
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Music is generally polyphonic in texture - two or more melodies played at the same time, weaving in and out of each other.
Ground Bass
Usually played by the continuo (cello, double bass, harpsichord)
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Modulation
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Expected modulations
Dominant (V), Sub Dominant (IV), Relative minor (vi)
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Cadences
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They are usually balanced in Western tradition (2 bars, 4 bars, 8 bars)
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Orchestra
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Strings - 1st and 2nd violins, violas, cellos, double basses
Woodwind - a pair of each flutes, oboes, oboe d'amore
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Solo instruments - organ prelude, violin partita
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Handel's Messiah
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Texture
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Monophonic
A single melodic line, can be attributed to just a section or the whole piece
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'All We Like Sheep'
Word painting - as the word 'astray' is sung, the melody goes astray aswell
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SATB: Choral Voices
Alto - low female, treble clef
Tenor - high male, tenor clef
Soprano - high female, treble clef
Bass - low male, bass clef
In operas and solo music, mezzo-soprano and baritone are used
Oratorios
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Types of song
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Recitative
Focus on clearly telling the story, usually syllabic and the words only usually appear once
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