Edexcel GCSE Music - Baroque and Bach

What are the dates of the Baroque Period?

• 1600-1750

• 1700-1820

• 1550-1750

• 1920-1999

Select the typical features of Baroque Music

• Ornamented melodic lines, with the use of diatonic chords

• Basso continuo, sequencing, pedals and suspensions

• Music for piano with long flowing melodies

• Terraced dynamics

Which instrument did the Viols get replaced with?

• Violin

• Trumpet

• Cello

• Flute

What is a concerto grosso?

• A concerto for more than one soloist. Usually written in three movements, in the order, fast-slow-fast

• A concerto that is really long in length and usually has four movements, fast-slow-fast-slow

What is dialoguing?

• Instruments interrupting each other, like a busy conversation

• Instruments playing one after the other, swapping ideas

What is a concertino and ripeno? Select the two correct answers

• A concertino is the larger group in a concerto grosso

• A concertino is the smaller group of soloists in a concerto grosso

• A ripieno is the larger group in a concerto grosso

• A ripieno is the smaller group of soloists in a concerto grosso

Select the functions of the harpsichord continuo in the Bach set work

• The harpsichordist realises the figured bass as chords and melody

• The harpsichordist may also direct the ensemble

• The harpsichord forms part of the continuo

• The harpsichordist is a soloist in some of the sections of the movement

The final movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No.5 is fast and lively characteristics of a gigue, but what is this?

• A movement in Sonata Form

• A dance-like movement in 6/8 or compound time

The structure of the 3rd movement fuses together two forms, but what are they? Select the two forms

• Gigue

• Binary

• Fugue

• Ternary

What is the correct definition of a Fugal Exposition?

• The ending of the movement, returning to ideas from the exposition

• The initial statements of the subject and answer