Lesson overview:What are the musical features of the Baroque period?
- In this lesson, we will introduce the Baroque period and its typical features. We will learn how the D major scale is built and played on a keyboard, before exploring the first two melodies of Pachelbel's Canon in D.
- In this lesson, we will introduce the Baroque period and its typical features. We will learn how the D major scale is built and played on a keyboard, before exploring the first two melodies of Pachelbel's Canon in D.
The Beauty of the Baroque:
- What are the musical features of the Baroque period?
- How can different melodies work together?
- Why might we wish to decorate a melody?
- How do we know we are listening to Baroque music?
- How can Baroque melodies be phrased?
- How is a ground bass related to chords?
- How does a bass line 'ground' the music?
- How is a ground bass related to chords?
- How can we create a successful bass line?
- How can chords be used to compose a melody?
- How can we compose a stylistic Baroque melody?
- How can you, as a composer, make a structure interesting?
- How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?