1 / 8

Chapter 7 The Early Baroque Period

Chapter 7 The Early Baroque Period. Style Features of Early Baroque Music. Basso continuo Ground bass Basso ostinato Functional harmony. Key Terms. Style Features of Early Baroque Music. Extravagance & emotional expression tempered by scientific inquiry and logic

willem
Download Presentation

Chapter 7 The Early Baroque Period

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 7The Early Baroque Period Style Features of Early Baroque Music

  2. Basso continuo Ground bass Basso ostinato Functional harmony Key Terms

  3. Style Features of Early Baroque Music • Extravagance & emotional expression tempered by scientific inquiry and logic • Methodical use of musical elements to express emotions • Rhythm and Meter • Influence of dance rhythms • Functional Harmony • Major and minor scales • Texture: Basso Continuo • Importance of instrumental music LETS LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUALLY

  4. Rhythm and Meter • Baroque rhythm ranged between two extremes— • Free speech-rhythms of recitative • Vivacious regularity of dance music • Strong beat and regular meter give much Baroque music a clear rhythmic feel • Consistent repetition of patterns strengthens rhythmic feel • Different patterns appropriate for different emotions

  5. Texture: Basso Continuo • Consistent feature of Baroque music • Similar to rhythm section in jazz or rock bands, and just as ubiquitous • Basso continuo played by: • Bass melody instruments (cello or bass) • Chording instruments (keyboard or lute) • Advantages of continuo: • Strong, reinforced bass line • Strong harmonic foundation—chording instruments continuously adds chords

  6. Texture: Ground Bass • Ground bass = repeating bass line • Ground bass compositions build melodies and harmonies over this basso ostinato • Ostinato is a near-universal practice • Purcell, “Dido’s Lament”; Sudanese Song; Frescobaldi, Passacaglia; Elephant-Hunt Song

  7. Functional Harmony • Relies on major and minor scales with their strong pull toward tonic • Chords formerly result of melodic thinking, polyphonic combinations of lines • In continuo-based textures, more focus on chords & chord progressions • Composers worked to construct effective chord progression over strong bass line • Resulting harmonies more predictable, purposeful—more modern!

  8. Functional Harmony (2) • Harmony now capable of greater emotional & dramatic expression • Strong pull to tonic creates sense of stability, inevitability • At the same time, it strengthens the disruption & disorientation created by dissonances or modulations • Composers systematically create emotional states ranging between these extremes

More Related