BACH

Question 1

Ornamentation

Answer 1

Notes that decorate a melody, eg. grace notes, mordent, turn, trill

Question 2

Diatonic

Answer 2

Notes belonging to the key

Question 3

Monophonic

Answer 3

A single melodic line

Question 4

Homophonic

Answer 4

Melody and accompaniment

Question 5

Polyphonic

Answer 5

More than one melody at the same time

Question 6

Sequence

Answer 6

A musical phrase is repeated a note higher or lower each time

Question 7

Pedal

Answer 7

A sustained ( or repeated ) note usually in bass part. Often tonic or dominant

Question 8

Suspension

Answer 8

Prolonging a note to create a dissonance with the next chord

Question 9

Affection

Answer 9

Same mood throughout in a Baroque piece

Question 10

Concerto Grosso

Answer 10

A concerto for more than one soloist and larger group / string orchestra

Question 11

Patronage

Answer 11

Composers earned money from a wealthy individual for writing music

Question 12

Dialoguing

Answer 12

Instruments swapping ideas, in dialogue with each other

Question 13

Antiphonal

Answer 13

Swapping between instrumental groups, eg concertino and ripieno

Question 14

Concertino

Answer 14

The smaller group of soloists in a concerto grosso

Question 15

Ripieno

Answer 15

The larger group of instrumentalists in a concerto grosso

Question 16

Basso Continuo

Answer 16

Bass parts/ instruments play / accompany throughout

Question 17

Figured bass

Answer 17

Musical shorthand for the keyboard player which indicate the chord to be played and the inversion

Question 18

Fugue

Answer 18

Musical form which has an exposition, middle section and final section

Question 19

Ternary

Answer 19

Musical form in 3 sections- ABA

Question 20

Fugal exposition

Answer 20

The first statements of the subject and answer

Question 21

Subject

Answer 21

Short main theme of the fugue

Question 22

Dominant

Answer 22

5th degree of the scale

Question 23

Answer

Answer 23

The subject repeated in response to the subject, usually a 4th or 5th higher or lower

Question 24

Countersubject

Answer 24

Melody after the subject or answer – against (counter, same time) as the subject

Question 25

Stretto

Answer 25

Entries of the subject occur closer together

Question 26

Contrapuntal

Answer 26

2 melodies are played against each other and interweave

Question 27

Counterpoint

Answer 27

art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition

Question 28

Secondary dominant

Answer 28

A key that is dominant key of the dominant

Question 29

Passing modulations

Answer 29

Modulations lasting only a bar or so

Question 30

Relative minor

Answer 30

Key with the same key signature, 3 semitones lower than tonic and with an added sharpened 7th degree

Question 31

Variant

Answer 31

A phrase with a similar shape to the original (subject)

Question 32

Passagework

Answer 32

Constantly moving passage, often with semiquavers and sequences

Question 33

Canon

Answer 33

The 2 parts are exactly the same but are played with a delay of entry in one part