music for a while

Cards (6)

  • instrumentation:
    • bass viol
    • lute
    • harpsichord
    • basso continuo
    • solo soprano voice
  • harmony:
    • dissonance
    • perfect cadences
    • chords are diatonic and functional
    • figured bass
    • suspensions in bar 3 (harpsichord)
  • tonality:
    • outer sections: A minor
    • middle section: C major
  • texture:
    • melody dominated homophony
    • ground bass in the LH of the harpsichord accompanies the voice along with the bass viol
  • melody:
    • small leaps, no greater than a 4th
    • conjunct
    • ornamentation in harpsichord
    • soprano has a range of a 9th
    • word painting (e.g. drop)
  • rhythm, tempo & metre:
    • dotted rhythms
    • syncopation in bar 20
    • time signiture = 4/4
    • no tempo