IB Baroque Test Prep

Question 1

Baroque Era "Rhythm Section": two players, two instruments, and one staff of notation.

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Basso Continuo

Question 2

Who wrote the "Brandenburg Concertos"?

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J.S. Bach

Question 3

In a concerto, the smaller group, or solo group:

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Concertino

Question 4

The 3 primary keyboard instruments of the Baroque Era:

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Organ, Clavichord, Harpsichord

Question 5

Baroque Chamber music written on 3 staves for 4 players: 2 violins and Basso Continuo:

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Trio Sonata

Question 6

A solo in an opera:

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Aria

Question 7

Instrumental music based on extra musical information, typically literary or pictorial.

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Program Music

Question 8

In a concerto, this refers to the WHOLE GROUP:

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Tutti, Ripieno

Question 9

Modifying a melody by using shorter note values, typically half as long:

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Diminution

Question 10

Serious form of opera, typically Italian opera:

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Opera Seria

Question 11

Solo voice with keyboard accompaniment, established in the Baroque Era:

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Monody

Question 12

The part of the opera that typically moves the plot along, typically speech-like:

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Recitative

Question 13

Which of these composer does NOT belong in the Baroque Era:

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Ludwig Beethoven

Question 14

If a Recitative has sparse accompaniment, it is said to be:

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Secco

Question 15

A genre of music similar to opera, but without costumes, scenery, or staging:

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Oratorio

Question 16

Instrumental genre, usually in 3 movements, for solo instrument and orchestra:

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Solo Concerto

Question 17

Congregational hymn of the German Lutheran Church, Bach wrote many:

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Chorale

Question 18

Vocal solo, found in opera, with a ternary, or A-B-A form:

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Da Capo Aria

Question 19

A short, repeated bass line that is used as a building block of an instrumental piece:

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Ground Bass

Question 20

Short Baroque organ piece in which a tradiational Chorale melody is embellished:

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Chorale Prelude

Question 21

Dates of the Baroque Era:

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1600-1750

Question 22

Baroque Era development that allowed musicians to play in all Major/Minor keys for first time:

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Equal Temperament

Question 23

Instrumental work, typically on organ, that preceded a larger work, Bach wrote many:

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Prelude

Question 24

Chamber music has how many instruments per part?

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1

Question 25

To modify a melody using BACKWARD "mirrored" or "upside down" patterns:

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Retrograde Inversion

Question 26

To modify a melody by using "mirrored" or "upside-down" patterns, found in fugues:

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Inversion

Question 27

The words of an opera:

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Libretto

Question 28

Major development of the Baroque Era that shifted tonality away from MODES to two basic scales.

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Major-Minor Tonality

Question 29

System of notation that used one Bass staff and numerals/symbols to indicate harmony:

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Figured Bass

Question 30

Starts monophonically, has Subject, Answer, Countersubject, Episodes, based on counterpoint:

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Fugue

Question 31

To modify a melody by using longer note values, typically twice as long:

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Augmentation

Question 32

a Baroque "theme", means "to return":

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Ritornello

Question 33

A collection of instrumental dances, usually in the same key:

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Suite

Question 34

A fugue ALWAYS begins with in this texture:

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Monophonic

Question 35

To play a melody BACKWARDS:

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Retrograde

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