Melody
The melodic device used on the text 'eas'd' between the instruments and the voice
What is a suspension?
The curved line that connects notes across beats
What is a tie?
The number of instruments listed on the score
What is 3?
The key of Section A
What is A minor?
The term for the abbreviation 'tr' above a note
What is a trill?
The term for the melodic device on the text 'eternal'
What is a descending melodic sequence?
The metre of the piece
What is 4/4 / common time?
The pitch of Baroque instruments or the interval away from A that they played
What is A=415/a semitone?
The V --> I cadence
What is a perfect cadence?
The term for the squiggly line above a note that functions like a turn
What is a mordent?
The term for when the music reflects the text
What is word/text painting?
The note values the basso continuo plays the entire piece?
What is a quaver?
The voice part of the singer as written on the score AND their range
What is a soprano with a high range?
The relative major of the minor key in the piece
What is C major?
All the sections seen in the structure of the piece
What is Intro, Section A, Section B, and Section A1?
Define syllabic vs melismatic
What is one note per syllable vs many notes per syllable?
The rhythmic device seen with the text 'drop'
What is syncopation?
The reason harpsichords roll chords
What is there is not sustain function on a harpsichord?
The harmonic device used on the text 'pains' between the instruments and the voice
What is dissonance?
The texture seen throughout the piece
What is polyphonic/melody and accompaniment?
Define ground bass
What is a recurring melodic phrase in the bass part that functions as an ostinato?
The term for the little notes that occur on the beat and take value away from their attached note
What is a grace note/appoggiatura?
The instruments featured in the basso continuo (name all 5)
What is a viol/cello/bassoon/harpsichord/organ?
The scale degrees of the first two notes sung by the voice
What is tonic and dominant?
Describe a lament in Baroque music using at least 3 points
What is slow tempo/minor key/falling phrases?