The cards Question What is a concerto? Tap to flip Answer A composition for a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment. Question In music, what happens in a tutti passage? Tap to flip Answer The whole ensemble plays. Question What is the continuo in a Baroque orchestra? Tap to flip Answer The section that plays the accompaniment, normally including a harpsichord and a bass stringed instrument such as the cello. Question What is a ritornello in Baroque music? Tap to flip Answer A passage that recurs throughout the piece. Question What are terraced dynamics? Tap to flip Answer Sudden shifts in dynamics. Question Give one way a Baroque concerto creates contrast. Tap to flip Answer Any of: alternating tutti and solo sections, terraced dynamics, or contrasting textures. Question How many movements does a Baroque concerto have? Tap to flip Answer Three, which contrast with each other. Question In a chordal homophonic texture, what do all the parts have in common? Tap to flip Answer They all play the same rhythm. Question What is another name for a melody and accompaniment texture? Tap to flip Answer Melody-dominated homophony. Question What is a concerto grosso? Tap to flip Answer A type of Baroque concerto that includes more than one soloist. Question In a concerto grosso, what is the group of soloists called? Tap to flip Answer The concertino. Question In a concerto grosso, what is the group of accompanying instruments called? Tap to flip Answer The ripieno. Question How many performers does the concertino of a concerto grosso usually have? Tap to flip Answer Two or three. Question Which instruments are most commonly in the concertino of a concerto grosso? Tap to flip Answer Violin and cello. Question What is the ripieno of a concerto grosso normally based around? Tap to flip Answer Strings and continuo. Question Why does a concerto grosso often have more variety of interaction between parts than a solo concerto? Tap to flip Answer Having more than one soloist lets composers play around more with texture and interaction. Question What is a cadenza? Tap to flip Answer A solo section in a concerto in which the soloist plays in a virtuosic manner. Question What are the three sections of sonata form? Tap to flip Answer Exposition, development and recapitulation. Question Which movement of a Classical concerto typically uses sonata form? Tap to flip Answer The first movement. Question What is balanced phrasing? Tap to flip Answer Phrases of equal length that create symmetry, often in 'question and answer' form. Question Which section of the Baroque orchestra does the Classical concerto orchestra no longer have? Tap to flip Answer The continuo. Question What texture does the Classical concerto usually use? Tap to flip Answer Melody and accompaniment. Question In what kind of tempo is a cadenza played? Tap to flip Answer A free tempo. Question Are cadenzas always composed in advance? Tap to flip Answer No. Many are composed, but soloists commonly improvise or slightly change them to show off their own skill. Question In music, what does chromatic mean? Tap to flip Answer Using notes from outside the key; chromatic movement often moves by semitones. Question What does virtuosic mean? Tap to flip Answer Showing off a performer's technical skill. Question What is rubato? Tap to flip Answer When a performer slightly changes the tempo to add expression. Question Give one feature of the Romantic concerto. Tap to flip Answer Any of: more complex textures, chromatic harmony, a larger orchestra, or intense, expressive music. Question Is Romantic music necessarily about love? Tap to flip Answer No. It is generally expressive and emotional, but its emotions can range from dramatic and terrifying to dark and mournful. Question Whose violin concerto reflects many typical features of the Romantic concerto? Tap to flip Answer Bruch's. Question What is diatonic harmony? Tap to flip Answer Harmony that uses only notes from within the key. Question What is an arpeggio? Tap to flip Answer A broken chord whose notes are played in order, ascending or descending. Question What is a scalic melody? Tap to flip Answer A melody that uses segments of a scale. Question Give one quality of the piano that attracted composers of concertos. Tap to flip Answer Any of: its dynamic range, its pitch range, its expressive abilities, or its ability to play multiple layers. Question Give one way the piano is used specifically in a piano concerto. Tap to flip Answer E.g. accompanying orchestral melodies with chords, or playing both melody and accompaniment together. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit The concerto through time Exam boards OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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