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- What are the 5 basic characteristics of Baroque music?
- What is baroque piano?
- Why is Baroque music so difficult?
What are the 5 basic characteristics of Baroque music?
Baroque orchestral music
- long flowing melodic lines often using ornamentation (decorative notes such as trills and turns)
- contrast between loud and soft, solo and ensemble.
- a contrapuntal texture where two or more melodic lines are combined.
What is baroque piano?
The baroque period covers the formative years of piano composition. Spanning roughly from 1600 – 1750, the baroque era of music saw a generation of composers engrossed in the organ and the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument that preceded the grand piano.
Why is Baroque music so difficult?
Generally speaking, in baroque music you do hear a lot of embellishment, highly constructed polyphony and alignment (counterpoint), which make it sounds "complex" at first hearing.
