Characteristics of Baroque solo concerto
- Created by: Lepeterson
- Created on: 28-04-18 18:39
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- Characteristics of Baroque solo concerto
- melody
- Had trills to indicate cadence points
- Terraced dynamics used
- May have a high or low range depending on the instument
- Repetition
- Sequence
- even phrases
- Harmony
- Use of suspension chords at cadences
- perfect cadences throughout the piece
- Functional harmony (the use of chords 1, 4 and 5.)
- consonant
- diatonic
- Tempo, rhythm and metre
- Some syncopation
- even pulse
- The 1st and 3rd have a fast tempo
- rhythmic diminution
- Texture
- polyphony
- Homophony/melody dominated homophony
- Tonality
- Piece would often modulate to the relative major, minor and the dominant.
- Structure
- In a Baroque solo Concerto there are 3 sections.
- The 1st and 3rd have a fast tempo
- The second is slow in tempo
- There is the ritenello form, where there is melodic motfi or theme that reoccurs
- In a Baroque solo Concerto there are 3 sections.
- Sonority and timbre
- basso continuo is played by the harpsichord or the cello
- There was more idiomatic writing for the violin
- Terraced dynamics used
- melody
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