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2. What is figured bass?

  • A bass line written with numbers which signal the chords to accompany the bass
  • A harpsichord playing a bass line and filling out improvised melodies
  • A bassist who really knows what they're doing
  • An upright bass played with a bow

3. What is a basso continuo?

  • A harpsichord or accompaniment part playing a single bass line with figured bass
  • A piano playing chords with a violin solo
  • A harpsichord playing a high pitched melody with a cello playing a repeating bass line

4. Which of the following are uses of the harpsichord?

  • Providing dissonance in the harmony
  • Playing bass notes only
  • Directing the ensemble, soloing and part of the basso continuo
  • Only soloing

5. Describe the texture of this piece

  • Contrapuntal, but with fugal moments
  • Fugal and contrapuntal with elements of monophonic and homophonic
  • Entirely fugal
  • Almost entirely homophonic, but with elements of contrapuntal and heterophonic

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