One voice on it's own

Different individual melody

Variation on same melody

Baroque composer

Solo or small group of soloists

A story put to music in several acts, with solo singers and chorus, accompanied by orchestra and basso continuo.

The sacred version of opera, but without the staging and costumes, performed in church.

This era style is complicated, elaborate, decorative and showy.

Keyboard/solo instrument + basso continuo

Terraced Dynamics, Dance Rhythms, Ornamented notes, String section is important, Polyphonic, Basso Continuo

Lully

Corelli

Vivaldi

Clear, lighter style, emphasis on organisation, balance and symmetry

A 4 movement work for orchestra

1. Fast Sonata form

2. Slow

3. Minuet and trio

4. Fast sonata or Rondo

Opera is made up of Recitative, Arias and Choruses

Speech like

Songs

Question and Answer, Regular rhythm, contrasted dynamics, piano taking over harpsichord, homophonic texture.

Classical composers

Expressive, intense emotion and closer links between music and the other arts.

Romantic era :

______________ orchestra for accompaniment as instruments and concert halls developed to allow the soloist to be heard.

Songs for soloist with piano accompaniment.

use of rhythms of traditional folk dances, melodies are long and lyrical, orchestra is augmented with larger wind, brass and percussion section.

Romantic composer

20th century

Syncopation and swung rhythms

Scat singing

Blues scale

12 bar blues

20th century

20th century music is primarily