Vocab EZ
A series of pitches that makes a tune
What is melody?
Music that is sung of played without any background instruments
What is unaccompanied?
Known as the "Red Priest"
Who is Vivaldi?
This instrument replaced the harpischord and improved on its design
What is a piano?
Who is Pope Gregory?
The instruments that support the melody with chords
What is harmony?
A texture that uses only one note at a time
What is monophonic?
This person is credited with inventing the staff and Solfege
Who is Guido?
Gregorian Chant is this musical texture.
What is monohonic?
The year the staff was invented
What is 1000 AD?
The unique sound quality of an instrument or sound
What is timbre?
A piece for solo instruments with orchestral backing
What is a concerto?
This person wrote "The Messiah" in his London apartment
Who is Handel?
A double reeded woodwind from the Baroque Era, which designed nearly the same today
What is a bassoon?
The meaning of "barroca", the Portuguese word where Baroque comes from
The order and arrangement of the parts of music
What is form?
Genre where an opening theme is played once, and repeated in different ways throughout a piece
What is a fugue?
He was a master of the organ and wrote the piano book "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
Who is Bach?
These two instruments are the most common used in basso continuo
What are the string bass and harpsichord?
The traveling street and countryside performers in modern-day France
What are troubadors and trouveres?
The overall sound of the music as pleasant or unpleasant
What is tonality?
A group of instruments that form the harmony and bass line of a Baroque piece
What is basso continuo?
His death marked the end of the Baroque Era
The duplum, triplum, and quadruplum are added to the first "firm" part of the chant.
What is cantus firmus?
Baroque performers add these to their performance to make it more interesting.
What are ornamentations?