Continued with the advancements of the Renaissance.

Bach was the most important composer of the Baroque

Date of his death ends the period

. Advanced musicians were expected to improvise, what does it mean to improvise?

Make up music on the spot but within a framework

French & Italian Overtures

A work played before an Opera or Oratorio to set the mood

A series of instrumental dance movements in the same key.

extreme moods, so his music shows all emotions

Written for a small group of instruments, played in at home.

The use of equal temperament in keyboard instruments began in the Baroque Period?

All the pitches are a little out of tune

Like an opera, without the frills.

Put the Periods in chronological order

Greek & Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque

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Music in the Baroque period

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1
In the Baroque Period
Instruments were not used
Instruments became equal to vocal music
Vocal music still was dominant over instruments
Instruments were only used to accompany a singer
2
The Baroque Period
Had a decline in science
Saw a slow development in all arts
Continued with the advancements of the Renaissance.
Became very simple so the average person could take part.
3
Bach wrote music
Only at Night
Too Slow
Really Fast
On Weekends
4
Bach was the most important composer of the Baroque
Because he signed his work
Date of his death ends the period
He had 20 children
Because he was the only one
5
The Baroque Period had many fin composers. How did they earn their money?
They did not earn money
Commissioned
Freelance
Play instruments on the streets
6
What did string instruments lose
Frets
Tuning Pegs
Bridge
Strings
7
Numbers and a bassline used to improvise the chords
All of these
Thorough Bass
Basso Continuo
Figured Bass
8
The word “Fugue” is German for?
Slow
Chase
Modify
Rest
9
A Fugue is
All of these
A complicated Round
A complicated chase of a subject
Similar to a canon but more complex
10
. Advanced musicians were expected to improvise, what does it mean to improvise?
Make up music on the spot but within a framework
Play any notes you want
Tell someone what to do
Call out the notes
11
French & Italian Overtures
A small Instrumental piece on movement to advance the drama
An Instrument piece, to be played when the people leave
A work played before an Opera or Oratorio to set the mood
A song for the dead
12
A fugue starts off with a musical idea called a
Glissando
Ballade
Passage
Subject
13
The texture in the Baroque Period.
Monophonic
Heterophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
14
What new form combined theater, visual sets, costumes and music
Fugue
Symphony
Opera
Cantata
15
The Baroque Suite is
An Opera
An Oratorio
None of these
A series of instrumental dance movements in the same key.
16
Baroque Music was?
All of these
Complicated
Highly Ornate
Colorful
17
Vividly depict the words with the music.
Descriptive Music
Word music
Word Painting
Story Tones
18
Baroque Music used?
Major/Minor tonality
None of these
Rhythmic modes
The church modes
19
The volume stayed the same but when it changed it was sudden
Volume stepping
Changing Volume
Dynamic Steps
Terraced Dynamics
20
Bach
Had an even disposition, so his music was always the same
Was silly, so his music was happy and light all the time
Was shallow, so his music was boring
extreme moods, so his music shows all emotions
21
In Bach's music book to his wife, her favorite piece was?
Minuet in G
Prelude and Fugue
Fantasia
Sonata in D
22
Bach developed and was a master at what two musical forms.
Sonata & Madrigal
Cantata & fugue
Sonata & Chanson
Chanson & Gregorian Chant
23
Bach gained much of his musical training from?
School
Family Members
On the street
Church
24
The orchestra evolved into a performing group based on instruments of the?
Woodwind Family
Brass family
String Family
Percussion family
25
The chamber Sonata
Was a vocal piece
Did not start until the Classical Period
Was composed for the orchestra
Written for a small group of instruments, played in at home.
26
The use of equal temperament in keyboard instruments began in the Baroque Period?
Makes all music periods equal
All the pitches are a little out of tune
When composers write music in one key
When pitches were exactly correct.
27
Opera arose as a result
Of folk singers
Of the church
Of bringing back the Gregorian Chant
Of recreating the Greek drama
28
The word Baroque may stand for
Broken
Barbaric
Barrel
Barren
29
What is a Cantata
Like an opera, without the frills.
A Baroque funeral
A Baroque Party
A Chanson
30
What composer was NOT from the Baroque Period?
Josqin
Vivaldi
Monteverdi
Bach
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Put the Periods in chronological order
Baroque, Renaissance, Greek & Roman, Medieval
Medieval, Greek & Roman, Renaissance, Baroque
Greek & Roman, Renaissance, Medieval, Baroque
Greek & Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque

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