Baroque Accompanying Week 4

Liturgy

public worship conducted by people to praise God through rituals, prayers, and scripture

Appoggiatura

an ornament that is a leaning note that delays the next note by one step up or down. Usually a dissonance resolving to a consonance

Orare

Latin for to pray or speak

Orate

To give a speech

Baroque Cello Strings

Gut strings; they are thicker sound richer, warmer, and more earthy. Less metallic

Baroque bow

is shorter, lighter, and often convex

Convex

means curving outward

Baroque vs. Modern Cello

wedge under fingerboard removed, neck angled back, bridge height increased, no endpin

Ideal sound for Baroque instruments

internal resonance created from lower tension

Resonance

a vibrating sound that feels full; it fills up the space

Spike

another name for endpin

Calves

(pronounced with a silent L) back muscles of lower leg

Baroque or Modern Cello?

Modern

Baroque or Modern Cello?

Baroque

Baroque pitch

A = 415Hz; a semitone lower than modern pitch

Semitone

a half step between notes

Authenticity

being as true as possible to the original

What was each town’s music ensemble tuned to?

The local bell tower