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What is the voice type of the singer?
Soprano
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What plays the ground bass?
Harpsichord bass viol
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Is the vocal line syllabic or melismatic?
Syllabic
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What is used on the word "pains"?
Dissonance
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What is the melody like?
Conjunct
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What is there extensive use of in the harpsichord and soprano line?
Ornaments
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What is the structure of this piece?
Ground bass
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How long is the ground bass?
Three Bars
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What is the note value used in the ground bass?
Quavers
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What is the texture of this piece?
melody dominated homophony
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What key is the piece in?
A minor
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What causes the tonality to be sometimes ambiguous?
Chromatism
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What is the harmony like in the piece?
Diatonic Functional
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What type of cadence is used?
Perfect
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What is the metre of this piece?
Quadruple time
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What tempo is appropriate for this piece?
Slow
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What rhythms are sometimes used in the vocal part?
Dotted
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What is used on the word "wond'ring"?
Descending Legato Melismatic Melody
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What are used to break up phrases?
Rests
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What type of dissonance is used in bar 1?
False relation
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Card 2

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What plays the ground bass?

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Harpsichord bass viol

Card 3

Front

Is the vocal line syllabic or melismatic?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What is used on the word "pains"?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What is the melody like?

Back

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