Thursday, 26 January 2012

Classical period.

Dates: 1750-1810.
Alberti bass~ The chords of the Alberti Bass are played as arpeggios or broken Chords
they are quite common to the works of Franz Joseph Haydn.
The Alberti bass goes from the lowest nite to the highest note to the middle note to the highest note again. (http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texta/AlbertiBass.html)
(find musical example of Alberti bass)

diatonic music~ music where all the notes are in the key. No clashy sounds.
Even phrases. Two equal size chunks of music back to back. (mozart) regular chunks of music as if separated by commas.

Symphony~ a large orchestral piece. Split into chunks called movements. Can last as long as they want. Lots of time, lots of people playing. Three movements~ first movement in sonata form. Second movement~ written in a contrasting key, slower and stronger melody line. Third movement~ livelier. More light hearted. In rondo form.

Concerto~ a piece of music for solo instrument and orchestra.

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