Music History - Baroque and Classical

What was the main characteristic of Baroque architecture?

• Straight lines and plain colours.

• Small size and no windows.

• A lot of ornaments, decorations and details.

• No special characteristic.

Word Baroque in Portuguese means...

• Rounded rock

• Irregular looking piece of glass

• Decoration and complexity

• Irregular shaped pearl

Baroque Music description:

• Simple, only vocal, homophony

• No instrumental music

• Complex, thick texture, ornaments

• No vocal music

What was the importance of vocal and instrumental music in Baroque?

• Vocal - not used

  Instrumental - important

• Vocal - barely used

  Instrumental - not used

• Vocal - important

  Instrumental - not used

• Vocal and Instrumental music were same important

Baroque Music Notation is similar to Classical Music Notation.

• FALSE

• TRUE

One of the most important music forms from Baroque. Bach was genius of writing it and it includes polyphony and counterpoint.

• SONATA

• PRELUDE

• FUGUE

• SYMPHONI

How was the 'music shift' that happened in Baroque manifested?

• Composers used less instruments.

• Performers played Forte and Piano dynamics.

• People started listening music without any specific reason, just for joy.

• Nothing really changed in Music.

What do you see on the photo ?

• String Quartet

• String Orchestra

• Symphony Orchestra

• Concerto

Two main characteristics of Baroque Violin.

• Strings made of plastic and heavy.

• Only 3 strings and no bow.

• Strings made of gut and bow is quite different then today.

• Yellow colour and the wood is thin.

Which instrument family was not much developed during Baroque Period?

• Strings

• Marimba

• Brass

• Percussion