N5 Baroque Starter

The Baroque period was between

• 1450-1600

• 1600-1750

• 1750-1850

• 1850-1900

A concerto is...

• A piece for orchestra

• A piece for solo instrument & orchestra

• A section of music to show off

• A repeated bass line

Match the definition to the concept: A repeated bass line

• Ground Bass

• Canon

• Countermelody

• Cadenza

A/an ____ is a solo song in an Opera which allows the soloist to show off.

The _______ was the main percussion instrument of the Baroque period.

A trill is _____________

• An ornament which moves quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes

• An ornament which plays a quick note before the main note

A cadenza is...

• A piece for orchestra

• A piece for solo instrument & orchestra

• A section of music which allows the soloist to show off

• A repeated bass line

What is a countermelody?

• Where an instrument copies another

• One melody with accompaniment

• Two prominent melodies playing at the same time

• An unaccompanied melody

Describe homophonic texture.

Describe polyphonic texture.