Music style

​Style in music.

Medieval: monophonic, often vocal music, can be sacred (in latin) or secular ( in different languages), written in Modes (not diatonic scales),

Classical : clarity, balance, beautiful melodies - shorter and clearer than Baroque, contrast within the same piece

Romantic: unstructured, passionate, full of energy, long melodies,dramatic, nationalistic themes, dynamic instrumentation

Modern: unique irregular rhythms, common dissonances, no particular form

Impressionism:fluidity ( lack of strong rhythmic pulse), atmosphere ( how the music feels), tone colour ( the quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument from another

Contemporary music: fewer melodic lines, dissonant harmonies, complex rhythms, complex rhythms, pecussiveness, greater use of percussion, brass and woodwind, use of synthetic and electronic sounds.

Fugal: characterized by systematic imitation of a principal theme ( subject) with melodic lines sounding at the same time ( counterpoint

Chordal : melody is harmonized mainly with chords ( not counterpoint)

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Choral: sung by a choir in two or more voices.

Gigue: fast dance, typically in compound time, binary form

Minuet: moderate triple time, binary form

Waltz: triple meter, with one chord per bar, generally a low bass note on the first beat followed by the rest of the chord on the two remaining beats higher thatn the first beat ( sounds like um-pa-pa)

Tango: syncopated rhythms, 2/4 or 4/4 time, rhythmic complexity and energy, staccato feel, dramatic

March: strong marching rhythms, generally in 2/4 or 4/4 time, may be slow or quick, frequently have counter-melodies introduced during the repeat of the main melody

Jazz:irregular beats, syncopation, improvisation, solos, call and response techniques

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