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Bach - Brandenburg Concerto - Coggle Diagram
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto
Time period
BAROQUE
Use of basso continuo
Terraced dynamics
Ornamentation (especially in harpsichord melody)
Background
Written by JS Bach - A baroque composer
He was a church organist and director of music
Composed a lot of chamber music
His 6 Brandenburg Concertos were dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg
Dynamics
Terraced dynamics: only either loud or quiet
Limitations of harpsichord
Dynamics ensure that there was balance between all parts
Rhythm
Triplets and dotted rhythms throughout
Lots of semiquaver runs in the harpsichord part
Meter
2/4 (simple duple), but sounds like it is in 6/8 (compound duple) due to the triplets
Many Baroque giges were in 6/8
Tempo
Fast - final movements are generally allegro
Structure
Ternary (ABA)
A: bars 1-78, B: bars 79 - 232
, A: 233-end
Texture
Overall texture is polyphonic and contrapuntal
Fugal in A section
Harpsichord plays counterpoint
Violin and flute sometimes play in unison
Melody
Mainly conjunct
Lots of scalic runs
Rising sequence in bar 137
Trills in harpsichord part
Tonality and harmony
D major
Diatonic