1. Brandenburg - BASICS

Baroque melody features

ornaments & sequences

Baroque harmony features

pedals and suspensions

Baroque dynamics

sudden changes in volume

Concerto Gross (genre)

3 soloists, string orchestra and continuo

basso continuo

harpsichord and bass viol

harpsichord

soloist and continuo

form

ternary (ABA)

(A = fugue and B = ritornello)

subject

main melody

answer

subject repeated at a different pitch

countersubject

melody after the subject or answer

movements in a concerto

3 (fast, slow, fast)

mood (affection)

upbeat and uplifting

upbeat mood

fast tempo, dance rhythms, major key

main texture

fugal and polyphonic

harpsichord semiquaver runs

scalic (based on scales)