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What are the instruments used?
Soprano
Harpsichord
Bass viol
What key is it in?
A minor
(coloured by a
tierce de Picardie
)
What ornamentation is used?
Upper
and
lower mordent
Grace notes
Appoggiaturas
Trills
What does the left hand of the harpsichord play?
Ground bass
What also plays the ground bass?
Bass viol
What is the vocal line mainly after speech rhythms?
Syllabic
What is paired in the vocal line?
Slurring
Where are the melismatic moments?
Bar 10
(wond’ring) showing a
wistfully descending legato melody
What melodic device is used?
Conjunct
What structure does this piece follow?
Ground bass
Features of the ground bass:
It is
three
bars
long.
entirely
quaver
rhythms.
arpeggio
semitone
intervals.
At the
end
there's a fall of an octave.
What does the central section modulate to?
These include
E minor
(bar
14
),
G major
(bar
16
),
C major
(bar
21
),
A major
(bar
23
),
E minor
(bar
27
).
How are modulations confirmed by?
Perfect Cadence
What harmonic device is used in the chords?
Diatonic
and
functional
What is the metre?
4/4
What type of rhythm is used in the vocal line?
Dotted rhythm
What was the texture of the piece?
Homophonic
What are some baroque lament characteristics?
Minor key
Slow tempo
Ground bass
Falling phrases
Suspensions
Dissonance
Word painting
What collective name is given to the 2 instruments that play the accompaniment?
Basso Continuo
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What type of voice is singing the
melody?
Soprano
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What structural device is played on the bass viol and harpsichord?
Ground Bass
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List all the performance forces heard in the piece.
Soprano
Voice Harpsichord Bass Viol
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Describe the text setting of the song.
Mainly
Syllabic
with
extended
melismas
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What is a ground bass?
A
repeating bass line
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What is
word painting
?
Where the
music
follows the
meaning
of the
words
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What music period was this piece composed in?
Baroque
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List 3 features of the ground bass
Octave leap
at
end
,
Perfect cadence
, all quavers
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How is word painting used on the word "wond'ring"?
Long
melismatic
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What instruments play the ground bass?
Harpsichord LH
bass Viol
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What device is heard on the word "pains"?
Dissonance
/word painting
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What is a Tierce de Picardie?
Major chord
in a
minor
section
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What harmonic
device
is heard on "snakes"
Tierce
de Picardie
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Feature of pitch and rhythm of the ground bass
Octave
leap
at end - all quavers
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What is the tonic key?
A
minor
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Describe the general chords/harmony
Functional
and
diatonic
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What harmonic device is heard at the end of the ground bass?
Perfect cadence
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What instruments play the accompaniment?
Bass viol
and
harpsichord
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Describe the how the word
wond'ring
is set
Long
melismatic
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What musical device is heard on the word "
pains
"?
Dissonance
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What interval is heard between the words "music" and "music" at the start?
Perfect
5th
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