How do we know we are listening to Baroque music?

How do we know we are listening to Baroque music?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will find out what makes music sound 'Baroque'. We will learn about Baroque instruments and how they differ to the ones we use today. We will explore methods of varying texture through counterpoint, and create our own melodic ideas to be played in canon.

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11 Questions

Q1.
Which instrument would we find in the Baroque period?
Clarinet
Correct answer: Harpsichord
Piano
Q2.
Which instrument does not belong to the Baroque period?
Recorder with double holes
Correct answer: Trumpet with valves
Violin with a bow
Q3.
Which two instruments are in the basso continuo?
Cello, violin
Correct answer: Harpsichord, cello
Violin, harpsichord
Q4.
What is the ripieno?
Another word for the basso continuo
Soloists
Correct answer: The other parts in an orchestra, except the basso continuo
Q5.
What is the difference between a Baroque orchestra and a modern symphony orchestra?
A baroque orchestra is larger.
Correct answer: A modern symphony orchestra is larger.
They are both the same size, but play different styles of music.
Q6.
What is contrapuntal texture?
Homophonic texture in Baroque music, with strict rules.
Monophonic texture in Baroque music, with strict rules.
Correct answer: Polyphonic texture in Baroque music, with strict rules.
Q7.
What is contrapuntal/polyphonic texture?
Correct answer: Different melodies played one after another.
Many interweaving independent layers, of equal importance.
Many interweaving independent layers, with a main melody.
Q8.
What is counterpoint?
A secondary melody that fits in with the main melody.
Monophonic texture in Baroque music, with strict rules.
Correct answer: When you create countermelodies and other parts, but with strict rules.
Q9.
What word describes when a part joins in the canon?
Addition
Correct answer: Entry
Join
Q10.
What is a canon?
Playing in counterpoint.
When a person sings or plays a different part, but comes in later.
Correct answer: When a person sings or plays exactly the same part, but comes in later.
Q11.
How would you play something in canon?
You would both start at different times, but end together.
Correct answer: You would both start at different times, and one person will end later.
You would both start at the same time, and one person will end later.

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UnitMusic / The Beauty of the Baroque