Basso Continuo: (in baroque music) an accompanying part which includes a bass line and harmonies, typically played on a keyboard instrument and with other instruments such as cello or lute.
Polorized Texture: 2 high parts and a gap between melody and bass
Terraced dynamics: is connected to the number of instruments being played. i.e. Blocks of f and p, more instruments = louder (f), fewer instuments = quiter (p)
Rapid chord change: Chords are changed at a faster rate (the speed at which chords change) i.e. I-IV-Ib-V in a bar compared to a whole bar of chord I
Heavily ornamented melodic lines: Music A note or group of notes that embellishes a melody.
Episodic construction such as ritornello form: ritornello, ( Italian: “return”) a recurrent musical section that alternates with different episodes of contrasting material. The repetition can be exact or varied to a greater or lesser extent. In the concerto grosso the full orchestra (tutti) has the ritornello; the solo group (concertino) has the contrasting episodes.
Rococo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvlMyFXiMSc
Music A style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.
Style Galant: A new style of classical music, fashionable from the 1720s to the 1770s. It consciously simplified contrapuntal texture and intense composing techniques that realized a pattern on the page and substituted a clear leading voice with a transparent accompaniment.
Empfindsamer stil: The Empfindsamer Stil (literally sensitive style) is a style of musical composition developed in 18th century Germany, intended to express "true and natural" feelings, and featuring sudden contrasts of mood.
Divertimento: a light and entertaining composition, typically one in the form of a suite for chamber orchestra.
Serenade: The most important and prevalent type of serenade in music history is a work for large instrumental ensemble in multiple movements, related to the divertimento, and mainly being composed in the Classical and Romantic periods, though a few examples exist from the 20th century. Usually the character of the work is lighter than other multiple-movement works for large ensemble (for example the symphony), with tunefulness being more important than thematic development or dramatic intensity.
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