music chap 9 late baroque period

absolutism and age of science

extravagance and control

• scales tunes more precisely

• more systematic harmony

• regularity in rhythm 

style features

• repetition and variation; homogeneity, barely any contrast

• distinct rhythm, meter stands out

• harmonic rhythm: changes chords at every measure or set interval

• dynamics: soft (p) and loud (f) indications. abrupt contrasts, alternations between full orchestra and solo instrument

• violin family was the core of the orchestra

• melodies extended over 2 whole octaves

• texture: polyphonic (contrapuntal)

• continuo: bass part linked to series of chords (figured bass)

• emphasized emotion in all musico

ornamentation

improvising melodic extras in arias

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