OCR GCSE music Baroque Concerto Through Time

What are the dates of the Baroque era?

• 1750-1810

• 1600 - 1750

• pre - 1600

• 1810 - 1900

What are the typical movements order of a concerto?

• 3 movements

• 3 movements (fast - fast - slow)

• 4 movements (fast- slow - fast - slow)

• 3 movements (fast - slow - fast)

What does 'virtuosic mean?

• A person who plays lots of instruments

• A person who writes lots of music

• A person who plays an instruments exceptionally well

• A person who has just started to learn their instrument

What is an 'acciaccatura'?

• A 'crushed' note

• A 'leaned' note

• A high note

• A broken note

What is an 'appoggiatura'?

• A longer grace note 'to lean'

• A crushed note

• A broken note

• An ornament

What is the structure of 'binary form?'

• A - B - A1

• A - B - A - C - A

• A - B

• A - B - A - B

What is a cadenza?

• A slow movement

• A fast movement

• An impressive section - often fast and scalic

• A french opera singer

What is chromatic harmony?

• Harmony that uses all the chords

• Harmony that uses one chord

• Harmony that uses more complex chords outside major/minor

• No harmony

What is a cycle of 5ths?

• A chord progression where all notes add up to 5

• A chord progression where all the 5ths are missing

• A chord sequence based on the 5 times table

• A chord progression where the root notes are a 5th apart

What is a commission?

• When someone pays a composer to write a specific piece

• When a composer pays the church to write a specific piece

• When you only write for yourself

• When a composer never gets to paid to write music