Baroque Music: 1600-1750
Baroque Music (ca. 1600-‐1750) IV!
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Henry Purcell. “When I am laid” from Dido and Aeneas. (also known as Dido’s Lament)(1689) hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaLviMEJls&feature=related (starRng 1:00) Listen: Ground bass -‐ repeaRng bass line used throughout a work, oUen with a disRnct rhythmic paDern (in this case short-‐ long)
Think back to basso con:nuo/con:nuo Gives this work a strong sense of meter Chroma:c scale -‐ a scale built enRrely of half-‐steps • Aimless
Let’s review… CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
Parallel Minor/Major Scales Minor and major scales that share the same tonal center For ex. c minor is the parallel minor of C Major
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!
RelaRve Minor/Major Scales Minor and major scales that share the same key signature (number of sharps and flats) For ex. a minor is the relaRve minor of C Major
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!
Baroque Music (ca. 1600-‐1750) IV!
Instrumental Music!
Tended
to be more polyphonic No text, but sRll use musical idioms of
dramaRc music Harpsichord h?p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzY3tFTz9k Early form of the piano Strings were plucked rather than struck Smaller range than modern piano Dynamic changes harder to achieve Organ
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Henry Purcell. “When I am laid” from Dido and Aeneas. (also known as Dido’s Lament)(1689) hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaLviMEJls&feature=related (starRng 1:00) Listen: Ground bass -‐ repeaRng bass line used throughout a work, oUen with a disRnct rhythmic paDern (in this case short-‐ long)
Think back to basso con:nuo/con:nuo Gives this work a strong sense of meter Chroma:c scale -‐ a scale built enRrely of half-‐steps • Aimless
Let’s review… CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
Parallel Minor/Major Scales Minor and major scales that share the same tonal center For ex. c minor is the parallel minor of C Major
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!
RelaRve Minor/Major Scales Minor and major scales that share the same key signature (number of sharps and flats) For ex. a minor is the relaRve minor of C Major
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS!
Baroque Music (ca. 1600-‐1750) IV!
Instrumental Music!
Tended
to be more polyphonic No text, but sRll use musical idioms of
dramaRc music Harpsichord h?p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzY3tFTz9k Early form of the piano Strings were plucked rather than struck Smaller range than modern piano Dynamic changes harder to achieve Organ