Baroque Music Test

What is an ornament?

• Decoration added to the melody

• A type of dynamic

• A thing you put on the mantelpiece

Which ornament does this symbol represent?

• Turn

• Mordent

• Acciaccatura

• Trill

Which of these best describes a concerto grosso?

• One soloist against an larger orchestra

• Small group of soloists against a larger orchestra

• No soloists and just an orchestra

What was the name for the 'continuous bass' part of the Baroque concerto?

• Ostinato

• Drone

• Loop

• Basso Continuo

Identify the genre below which is NOT a common vocal genre in the Baroque period.

• Opera

• Musical

• Cantata

• Oratorio

Choose a keyboard instrument of this period where strings were hit and not plucked

• Harpsichord

• Clavichord

• Pianoforte

• Organ

When the melody is supported by another melody rather than by chords, so that when they are played together they form a whole, we say that_______________ is used.

• Harmony

• Monophony

• Centrepoint

• Counterpoint

What form do we call a composition written in the pattern A-A-B-B?

• Ternary form

• Binary form

• Ritornello form

• Sonata form

Modes became less popular - Which system was adopted instead?

• Atonality

• Dissonance

• Major and Minor scales

• Jazz chords

Name a keyboard instrument in which strings were plucked

• Clavichord

• Harpsichord

• Pianoforte

• Organ