baroque style

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melody

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ornamentation, short motifs, no cresscendo or diminuendo - only sudden changes as harpsichord can’t gradually change

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rhythm/tempo/metre

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simple and compound time, regular rhythms, anacrusis, allegro andante, some dotted rhythms

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melody

ornamentation, short motifs, no cresscendo or diminuendo - only sudden changes as harpsichord can’t gradually change

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rhythm/tempo/metre

simple and compound time, regular rhythms, anacrusis, allegro andante, some dotted rhythms

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texture

contrapuntal / homophonic

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contrapuntal meaning

two or more different lines of melody are played at the same time (same as polyphonic)

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instrumentation/timbre

harpsichord, string instruments, organ, small orchestra, SATB choir

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genre

baroque - before classical, eg coronation anthems, oratorios, bach, handel, purcell

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harmony

simple and chordal - mainly I and V chords

basso continuo - often organ, harpsichord, cello etc

diatonic

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tonality

minor, major, diatonic

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structure

contrasting sections - modulates keys, binary, ternary, prelude etc.