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The Baroque period can be defined as a movement in Western art music between roughly 1600-1700. Pieces written in the Baroque period can be identified through their use of flowing melodic lines with ornam...

With questions focusing on two contrasting pieces, it is sometimes difficult to find areas of similarity. If you can, this can be a useful starting point for exploring the differences. An effective approa...

Initially, decide upon the key in which the piece is written. Key signature, accidentals and the beginning and end of the melody are good indicators. Secondly, decide whether there are any modulations. If...

In Schoenberg's Der Kranke Mond (1912), both melody and instrumentation are used to reflect the eerie, expressionistic style of the music. Schoenberg uses solo voice and flute throughout Der Kranke Mond, ...

Sonata form is so ubiquitous throughout GCSE and A level studies than many students misunderstand—or are never taught—that it is but one example of multiple ways to analyse any piece of music. This might ...