| Question | Answer |
| What are the dates of the Baroque period? | 1600-1750
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What does the term 'Diatonic' mean? | Notes belonging to the key of the piece
| What does the term 'Suspension' mean? | prolonging a note to create a dissonance with the next chord
| What type of dynamics were used in Baroque Music? | Terraced Dynamics
| When there is one type of mood reflected in a movement, we call this what? | Affection
| What is a 'concerto grosso?' | A concerto for more than one soloist
| How many movements are in a Concerto Grosso? | Fast-Slow-Fast
| What is 'dialoguing'? | Instrumentals literally in dialogue, playing one after the other and swapping ideas
| What is the 'concertino' in a Concerto Grosso? | A smaller group of soloists
| What is the 'ripieno' in a Concerto Grosso? | The larger group of instruments
| What is a ‘basso continuo’? | A continuous bass part usually played by the harpsichord, and cello
| The 3rd movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.5 is a gigue, but what does this mean? | A dance-like movement in 6/8 or compound time
| What is a ‘fugue’? | A musical form comprising an exposition, middle section and final section. The music is contrapuntal
| How would you describe a ‘subject’? | A short main theme of the fugue
| The whole 3rd movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.5 is contrapuntal in texture, but what does contrapuntal mean? | When two melodies are played ‘against’ each other and interweave
| What does ‘secondary dominant’ mean? | It refers to a key that is the dominant key of the dominant
| In Section B of the 3rd movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.5 there is a ‘variant’, but what does this mean? | A phrase whose shape resembles the original
| In the 3rd movement of Brandenburg Concerto No.5 there is canon during the harpsichordist’s solo role, but what is canon? | Parts copy each other in exact intervals |
