Redden Court GCSE Music

Topic

BaroqueIrregular shaped / Piece of Jewellery

Key Concepts Instruments / Combinations

Musical Connections

Forms and types

Homophonic to start – mainly polyphonicDiatonic scales – major and minor(Ionian and Aeolian)Words more important than music – recitative (monody).Instrumental bass-line (basso continuo)Figured bassHighly ornamentedRitornello (return)Secco (chordal accompaniment)Alberti bass (Broken chords)SUBJECTBinary / rondeauConcertino – small group of soloistsRipieno – orchestra of strings (tutti) fills

ViolinsOrchestra begins to take shapeOrganLuteRecorder / FluteTrumpet

Ornamentation of architecture and artLeaps and chromatic intervalsFrequent discords to create tone colourGothic cathedrals and churchesPaintings very dark – Carravagio

Opera – MontiverdiOratorio – EnglishTrio sonata

OvertureChorales (GermanPassion Cantata (mini over

The suite – German Allemande 4/4 French Courante 3/2 or 6/4 Spanish Sarabande 6/8 English Gigue 3/8

Fugue – contrapuntal & ImitationConcerto grosso / Concerto