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Do Now Feb. 4 Answer these questions on the note card. Use sentences! Your gold paper will help! What is one similarity between the Medieval and Renaissance time periods in terms of music? What is one difference between the Medieval and Renaissance time periods in terms of music?

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Baroque 1600-1750 Baroque refers to highly decorated music and art fancy! Unity repeating rhythms and melodic patterns Sudden dynamic and tempo changes Music was ornamented and improvised.

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Baroque Music Small Orchestras begin to form Opera develops Was written for and heard only by kings and nobility and the Church Venice, Italy was the center of Baroque music.

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Please point out Venice. Feel free to point out other areas.

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Please point out Italy for those who dont know where it is.

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Example of gondolas as well as more modern boats for transportation on the canals of Venice.

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Baroque Music - Instruments Harpsichord was more popular than the piano. Pipe Organ was common. Please click on speaker to play example: Domenico Scarlatti Harpsichord: Please show video of a J.S. Bach piece played on the organ: Please show video of a J.S. Bach piece played on the organ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVraVgzC9U Please play until at least 2:28 so they see foot pedals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVraVgzC9U

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Some Questions to Discuss What two things could drastically change in music from the Baroque period? What musical group began to form? Where was the center of Baroque music?

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Fugue The subject is stated by the first voice. The other voices then enter imitating the same subject, one at a time. Its polyphonic. The voices alternate subject and answer.

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More discussion questions What form of music had a theme or subject that was repeated by different voices at different times? How is this different from a round?

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Baroque Listening Example Fugue in G Minor By J. S. Bach Please click on the speaker icon. Students should notate what they hear in the listening box for the Baroque time period.

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Please show: Toccata & Fugue Vanessa Mae techno remix example to compare as a modernized example with the fugue concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa_EUQqY

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