bach

• background information

  baroque period

  concerto grosso

  chamber music

  gigue
• instumentation

  concertino

  flute

  violin

  harpsichord
• instrumentation

  ripieno

  violin

  viola

  bass viol

  double bass
• instrumentation

  bass continuo

  bass viol

  harpsichord
• structure

  ternary form

  fugal style (use of imitation)
• dynamics

  few dynamics (harpsichord can't play them)

  terraced dynamics
• texture

  polyphonic

  imitation
• melody

  scalic runs

  conjunct movement (some disjunct)

  rising sequences

  ornamentation (trills, appogiaturas)

  use of anacrusis at start
• tonality

  section A = D major

  secion B = B minor
• harmony

  functional harmony

  diatonic

  perfect cadences
• rhythm

  triplets

  dotted rhythms

  semiquaver runs
• tempo/ metre

  allegro

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