Y10 Baroque features - True or False

Question 1

Sustained pedals were used to reinforce the key centre, and sometimes to create some dissonance

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Ascending and descending sequences were never used to develop melodies

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The piano was used a lot in the baroque era

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What is the term used for dynamics which are either loud or quiet, no inbetween

Accepted Answer

Terraced dynamics

Question 5

The melodies were short and balanced, not long melodies which flowed

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Imitation was rarely used in the Baroque era

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Instrumental music was usually Polyphonic

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Melodies were heavily decorated with ornamentation (trills, mordents etc)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The concerto grosso was one of the most popular genres of the time

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The harmony was generally not diatonic with no chromaticism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Dynamics were either forte(loud) or piano (quiet)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The bass continuo referred to the bass instruments and the Harpsichord in baroque music

Accepted Answer

True

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