Baroque Era (1600-1750)

• What is ornamentation?

  Decoration of notes
• What is the Basso continuo?

  A continuous bassline with an improvised harmony.(played by the harpsichord)
• What are terraced dynamics?

  Sudden changes in volume.
• What is a sonata?


  A musical composition usually for a solo instrument or small instrumental ensemble.
• Composers?

  Bach, Handel, Vivaldi