Instruments

• Stings included;

  • violins
  • violas
  • cellos
  • double basses
• Woodwind included;

  • recorders or wooden flutes
  • oboes
  • bassoons
• Brass instruments would include trumpet and horns but without valves
• Baroque used a lot of organ and harpsicord
• A concerto grosso is an instrumental music form which composers wrote for contrasting groups within one piece of music
• The three components that make up a concerto grosso are;

  1. Ripieno
  2. Concertino
  3. Basso Continuo
• A concertino is a small group of soloists
• The ripieno is the rest of the orchestra/ensemble
• A basso continuo is a bass line and harmonies usually on the harpsicord