Vivaldi's Summer
This type of piece is known by featuring a soloist with orchestral accompaniment.
What is a concerto?
These are the two most important things you need to have a good musical analysis.
What are..
1) How the music is trying to make you feel, and
2) How the composer uses the elements of music
This element refers to how long or short a note is.
What is rhythm?
This instrument looks like a piano, and is a predecessor of the piano, but the internal mechanism is plucking, not hammering.
What is the harpsichord?
This is the order in which a composer puts the pieces of a song in.
What is form?
This type of piece has no additional meaning to it whatsoever.
If I were to analyze a song where the melody and harmony moved with the same rhythm, I would call it this.
What is homophonic?
This element refers to how loud or soft the music is.
What are dynamics?
In Baroque Italy, if someone wanted to say that the piece they were listening to was quiet and slow, this is what they would say.
What is piano and lento?
These are the four instrument families that we categorize timbres into.
What are
1) Woodwinds
2) Brass
3) Strings
4) Percussion
What is program music?
If I were to analyze a piece where all the voices moved with different melodies and rhythms, we would call it this.
What is polyphonic?
This elements refers to the unique sound of a voice or instrument.
What is timbre?
This instrument originated in the Renaissance era of music, but was updated with more strings, a longer neck, and the ability to play lower notes in the Baroque era.
What is the Archlute?
These are the five tempos that we have discussed, including their English translations.
What are...
1. Grave (Very slow)
2. Lento (Slow)
3. Moderato (Moderately)
4. Allegro (Fast)
5. Presto (Very fast)
This is the inspirational source material for Vivaldi's "Summer."
What is a poem?
If I were to analyze a piece where the melody and the harmony moved at different rhythms, I would call it this.
What is heterophonic?
This element refers to whether the music sounds pleasant or unpleasant.
What is tonality?
This ensemble was featured as the accompaniment for Vivaldi's "Summer" and many other pieces during the Baroque era.
What is a string orchestra?
This era of music came after the Baroque era, the music of which was full of raw emotion and made the orchestra far larger than the one that Vivaldi used.
What is the Romantic era?
This is the specific solo instrument featured in Vivaldi's "Summer."
What is a violin?
This word means to call or bring to mind, as in, "This piece _______ images of a hot summer storm."
What is evoke?
This element refers to how the layers of sound are put together.
What is texture?
This term means gaudy and overly ornate, characterizing the period in which composers such as Vivaldi and Bach lived in.
What is Baroque?
What tonality involves a half step between the second and third steps of the scale?
What is minor?