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CLASSIC MUSIC (BAROQUE ERA) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Definition : baroque” come from the Portuguese word barroco meaning misshapen pearl, a negative description of the ornate and heavily ornamented music of this period. Later, the name came to apply also to the architecture of the same period.
      - Baroque period saw an explosion of new musical styles with the introduction of the concerto, the sonata and the opera.
      - Differences between baroque and other eras are the period creation of tonality. During the period, composers and performers used more elaborate musical ornamentation, made changes in musical notation, and developed new instrumental playing techniques.
- - - - Baroque orchestra instruments usually included:
      - strings - violins, violas, cellos and double basses
      - woodwind - recorders or wooden flutes, oboes and bassoon
      - brass - sometimes trumpets and/or horns (without valves)
      - timpani (kettledrums)
      - continuo - harpsichord or organ
- - - - Baroque music is characterised by:
      - long flowing melodic lines often using ornamentation (decorative notes such as trills and turns)
      - contrast between loud and soft, solo and ensemble
      - a contrapuntal texture where two or more melodic lines are combined
      - terraced dynamics - sudden changes in the volume level, sometimes creating an echo effect
      - the use of harpsichord continuo
      - *An example of Baroque music is the second movement from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4.
        It demonstrates the solo group of violin and two flutes and the ripieno (accompanying) strings.
      - characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture , painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music.