A Level Music - Baroque Concerto Terms

Ending a minor section of music with a major version of chord I, eg a section of music in D minor ends with a D major chord

An instruction for the continuo part not to play chords (just play the bass notes)

• Tierce de Picardy

• Tasto Solo

• Monophony

• Tacet

The relative minor of D major

Repeated orchestral passages alternate with episodes, normally in the outer movements of a Baroque concerto

Periodic phrasing means…

• Occasional phrases

• Phrases with uneven lengths

• Phrases that happened a long time ago

• Four-bar phrases balance each other

Fortspinnung is a melodic feature of which Baroque composer?

Composing music which represents a character, place or time of day is called ………….. music?

7-6, 9-8 and 4-3 are types of

• Cadence

• Chord extension

• Tennis score

• Suspension

In figured bass, which inversion is meant if there are no numbers given?

• Root

• 1st inversion

• 2nd inversion

In figured bass, which inversion is played if you see

6

4

• Root

• 1st inversion

• 2nd inversion