MUSIC-UA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Keyboard Instrument, Oratorio, Harpsichord
26 Sep 2016
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Horus- represents people commenting on the action, it"s not the individual expression, but that of the masses. Overture- orchestral introduction to an opera, oratorio, or another large work. Holding a note for a long time, while the harmony is moving in different pitches/notes. Pedal point => harmony => dissonance => tension => resolution. Sequence- repeated musical (melodic) patterns, which starts on different pitches. (can ascend and descend) Harpsichord and organ were the primary keyboard instruments of the baroque era. Every orchestra had a keyboard instrument, which was used to provide harmony (chords) and beat. It was called basso continuo- continuing bass line. Keyboards or low string instruments would keep it. Generally, a keyboard player would conduct from the keyboard. Polyphony was a favored texture in the baroque period. Polyphony- many melodies (or voices, melodic voice, not human) occurring simultaneously. Round- 1 melody that occurs simultaneously in multiple voices at different times. (row, row, row your boat).
