Baroque History
What does the word Baroque mean?
What is "irregular pearl"
King George I was born in which country
What is Germany (Hanover) ?
What is the formula for a major scale?
A triad is made of which three scale degrees?
What are 1, 3, and 5?
The interval between C and G
What is a P5
What time period does the Baroque period cover?
When was 1600-1750?
What type of musical composition did Handel help popularize?
What is an oratorio?
The C major scale has many sharps or flats
What is 0?
What are the qualities of the 3rd and the 5th in a major triad?
What are M3/P5?
The interval between G and B
What is a M3?
What major event occurred that signified the end of the Baroque period
What was Bach's death?
A large-scale work performed without acting or costumes?
What is an oratorio?
Which note is sharp in the G major scale?
What is F#?
This triad has a minor 3rd and a diminished 5th
What is a diminished triad?
The interval between D and C#
What is a M7?
Who held the most power in society during the Baroque period?
What are absolute monarchies
Bach was known as a master of this compositional technique that weaves multiple melodies together?
What is "counterpoint"?
The F major scale contains which flat?
What is Bb?
In first inversion, this note is in the bass
What is the 3rd?
Which intervals can be either major OR minor? (4)
What are 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths/
Music in wealthy courts was mainly used to show what?
What is power/prestige?
The Well-Tempered Clavier includes how many preludes and fugues in total?
What is 48?
A word used to to describe notes that are "in a key"
What is "diatonic"?
When turning any major key into a minor key, you would lower these three scale degrees.
What are 3, 6, and 7?
This interval is one half step larger than a perfect or major interval
What is an augmented interval?