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There is a chromatic descending ground bass ostinato played by a viol. This is archetypal of baroque recitativesThe continuo is written for a viol consort. Viols are the baroque predecessors to common vio...

'And the glory of the Lord' from the oratorio Messiah by G. F. Handel is a chorus from the Baroque era for SATB choir and violins, viola, and continuo bass (cello). The time signature is in 3/4 and the te...

You could think of a 'harmonic device' as a 'harmonic technique' e.g. circle of fifths or chromaticism. When a question is asking what harmonic device is being used it is likely to be very obvious e.g a c...

Baroque music is far more ornate than that of the classical era with less regular phrasing. Baroque music also uses a more polyphonic texture than classical music, meaning there are more interweaving line...

The function of the musical cadence in western music is to either create tension at the end of a musical phrase to lead into another segment of music, or to definitively conclude a musical phrase. This is...