Bach Brandenburg Concerto

Question 1

What 3 instruments make up the corcertino in Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 1

Harpsichord,solo flute,solo violin

Question 2

What is in the ripieno orchestra in Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 2

Strings orchestra

Question 3

Bach Brandenburg concerto uses a figured bass. What is a figured bass?

Answer 3

Short hand system of numbers under the bass notes

Question 4

What is the structure form in Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 4

Ternary form-ABA

Question 5

What extra thing is added when it repeats the A section of Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 5

Extra D major chord

Question 6

Does Bach Brandenburg concerto use functional harmony?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What type of runs does the harpsichord use in Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 7

Semi quaver runs

Question 8

What period is Bach Brandenburg concerto?

Answer 8

Baroque

Question 9

When were the Bach Brandenburg concertos written?

Answer 9

1720

Question 10

What is a concerto grosso?

Answer 10

A concerto for more than one soloist

Question 11

What instruments play the continuo?

Answer 11

Harpsichord,cello,double bass

Question 12

What is a concertino?

Answer 12

Small group of solo instruments

Question 13

What is a ripieno?

Answer 13

Full orchestra with more than one person playing each part.

Question 14

What is unusual about the role the harpsichord had during this period?

Answer 14

It has a prominent solo role aswell as playing the continuo,which isn’t common in the baroque period

Question 15

What is the style of the piece?

Answer 15

Baroque

Question 16

What does gigue mean?

Answer 16

A 17th century dance with a steady beat and lively tempo

Question 17

What compound metre are gigues commonly written in?

Answer 17

6/8

Question 18

What is the pieces set time signature and what time signature does it feel like?

Answer 18

Set time signature of 2/4 but frequent use of triplet give it a 6/8 feel

Question 19

What is a key feature of a subject in a fugue?

Answer 19

The subject is heard first on a solo instrument. In this piece it’s violin.

Question 20

What texture does imitiation create?

Answer 20

Polyphonic

Question 21

What does the counter subject mean?

Answer 21

The melodic line immediately following the subject is called the counter subject.

Question 22

Structure of a fugue.

Answer 22

Each part continues with other contrasting melodic lines. There is no set structure for how a fugue should develop.

Question 23

What key is section A in and what does it change to in section B?

Answer 23

Section A in D major.

Moves to B minor (the relative minor) for section B

Question 24

What does ritornello mean?

Answer 24

The main melodic section of the movement is repeated with contrasting sections in between.

Question 25

What is a sequence?

Answer 25

Repeating the pattern of a phrase but starting on a higher or lower note.

Question 26

What instruments play the pedal note?

Answer 26

Viola,cello,double bass

Question 27

What bars is a pedal note used?

Answer 27

Bars 79-85 Bars 90-95 Bars 100-106

Question 28

What is another name for pedal note?

Answer 28

Pedal point

Question 29

What does a pedal note mean?

Answer 29

Repeated notes usually in the bass part but the harmony on the top of a pedal note changes.

Question 30

What instrument uses several trills?

Answer 30

Harpsichord

Question 31

What does stretto mean?

Answer 31

When the fugue subject is overlapped. | One instrument starts playing the subject before the previous one has finished.

Question 32

What instruments use stretto?

Answer 32

Violin,Viola and Cello in bars 64-68

Question 33

How do you play a trill?

Answer 33

Starting one note above the written note and go quickly back and forth between the written note you started on

Question 34

What instruments part is virtuosic and what does it mean?

Answer 34

Harpsichords part and it means difficult to play

Question 35

How is the baroque flute different to a modern one?

Answer 35

The baroque flute is softer and made of wood.

Question 36

Why are there so few dynamic markings?

Answer 36

Because the harpsichord can't play different dynamics.

Question 37

In the fugue which instrument has the subject and which instrument has the answer?

Answer 37

Subject: Violin Answer: Flute

Question 38

What bars are examples of imitation?

Answer 38

Bars 3-4 are imitiation of bars 1-2

Question 39

What 2 textures does the piece use?

Answer 39

Contrapuntal and polyphonic

Question 40

What bar do the flute and violin play in parallel 3rds?

Answer 40

Bar 9

Question 41

Is the melody mainly conjunct or disjunct?

Answer 41

Mainly conjunct

Question 42

With which cadence does each section finish?

Answer 42

Perfect

Question 43

What is the tempo marking and what does this mean?

Answer 43

Allegro,meaning fast

Question 44

The crotchet beats are often divided into 3 equal note,what do we call this group of 3 notes?

Answer 44

Triplets