Music A-Level
Trio sonata texture
What Trio sonata texture means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A defining characteristic of Baroque music consisting of three independent melodic lines: two upper parts and a basso continuo part.
Topics that use Trio sonata texture
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antecedent phrase
- Antiphonal texture
- Aria
- Articulation
- Balanced phrases
- Bass suspension
- Basso continuo
- Binary form
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