Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Classical Period

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 Hadyn.
The Alberti bass goes from the lowest note to the highest note to the middle note and then the highest note again. 
An example of an Alberti bass.



Diatonic Music: Music where all the notes are in the Key. No clashy sounds
Even phrases, Two equal chunks of music back to back
Regular chunks of music as if they have been separated by commas.

An example of Diatonic Music 






Symphony: A large orchestral piece. Split into chunks called movements. It can last as long as it wants, Loads of time LOADS of people,
Three movements;
First movement: in sonata form.
Second movement: written in a contrasting key and has a slower and stronger melody line
Third movement: Is much livelier and more light hearted and in a rondo form.

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

An example of Concerto 

1 comment:

  1. Great! All the useful information is here, good musical examples - marvellous!

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