How can you, as a composer, make a structure interesting?

Music

What are the musical features of the Baroque period?

How can different melodies work together?

Why might we wish to decorate a melody?

How do we know we are listening to Baroque music?

How can Baroque melodies be phrased?

How is a ground bass related to chords?

How does a bass line 'ground' the music?

How can we create a successful bass line?

How can chords be used to compose a melody?

How can we compose a stylistic Baroque melody?

How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?

The Beauty of the Baroque

The way the melodies and chords fit together

How is the A section varied in a Da Capo aria?

The performer would improvise them in the Baroque style

How would a performer in the Baroque era  know what ornaments to use in the return of the A section?

What structure is this - 'It begins with a tune that is played on a solo instrument. This tune is then played by all the other instruments or voices in turn, but not necessarily at the same pitch’'

A grace note - you play it very quickly before another note

A mordent - you play the note above or below very quickly

A trill - you alternate between two notes very quickly

What is this ornament and how do you play it?

Which composer write 48 Preludes and Fugues?

What would a suitable passing note between D and F#?

Playing something in a short and spiky way.

What do we call melodic decorations in music?

You alternate between two notes very quickly

You play it very short before another note

Melody 2 is minims, melody 3 is all crotchets

Name one difference between melody 2 and 3.

This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.

How can you, as a composer, make a structure interesting?

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by the end of the Spring Term 2026.