How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?

How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will consolidate our understanding of structures. We will learn how to create an arrangement of Pachelbel's (and our own) melodies and place these in a sophisticated structure.

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10 Questions

Q1.
What does structure mean in music?
The order that you play the notes in
The way the melodies and chords fit together
Correct answer: The way the music is laid out/ the plan
Q2.
What letters represent Binary form?
Correct answer: AB
ABA
ABACA
Q3.
What is 'Rondo' form?
AB
ABA
Correct answer: ABACA
Q4.
What is ternary form?
AB
Correct answer: ABA
ABACA
Q5.
What form is a Da Capo aria in?
Binary
Rondo
Correct answer: Ternary
Q6.
How is the A section varied in a Da Capo aria?
Dotted rhythms are added
Correct answer: Ornaments are added
Passing notes are added
Q7.
How would a performer in the Baroque era know what ornaments to use in the return of the A section?
Correct answer: The performer would improvise them in the Baroque style
They would be written on the music
They would listen to a recording
Q8.
What structure is this - 'It begins with a tune that is played on a solo instrument. This tune is then played by all the other instruments or voices in turn, but not necessarily at the same pitch’'
Binary
Canon
Correct answer: Fugue
Q9.
What is this ornament and how do you play it?
A grace note - you play it very quickly before another note
Correct answer: A mordent - you play the note above or below very quickly
A trill - you alternate between two notes very quickly
Q10.
Which composer write 48 Preludes and Fugues?
G.F Handel
Correct answer: J.S Bach
Johann Pachelbel

10 Questions

Q1.
What letters represent Binary form?
Correct answer: AB
ABA
ABACA
Q2.
What is 'Rondo' form?
AB
ABA
Correct answer: ABACA
Q3.
What is ternary form?
AB
Correct answer: ABA
ABACA
Q4.
What form is a Da Capo aria in?
Binary
Rondo
Correct answer: Ternary
Q5.
How is the A section varied in a Da Capo aria?
Dotted rhythms are added
Correct answer: Ornaments are added
Passing notes are added
Q6.
What other way would be suitable to vary a repeated section?
Correct answer: Changing the articulation (staccato, legato)
Playing it loudly
Speeding up the tempo
Q7.
To make a piece sound finished, what chord should you end on?
Correct answer: Chord I (1)
Chord IV (4)
Chord V (5)
Q8.
What is chord 1 in D major?
A major
Correct answer: D major
F# major
Q9.
What structure is this - 'It begins with a tune that is played on a solo instrument. This tune is then played by all the other instruments or voices in turn, but not necessarily at the same pitch’'
Binary
Canon
Correct answer: Fugue
Q10.
How do you play this ornament?
Correct answer: You alternate between two notes very quickly
You play it very short before another note
You play the note above very quickly

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UnitMusic / The Beauty of the Baroque