Music GCSE
Baroque performing practice (continuo)
What Baroque performing practice (continuo) means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Baroque performing practice (continuo)
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A bass line, often figured, played by a bass instrument with a keyboard or lute filling in chords, central to Baroque music.
Topics that use Baroque performing practice (continuo)
- Component 3: Appraising - Detailed application of musical elements (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cadences and closure
- Chord qualities and patterns
- Dotted rhythms
- Effective scoring and balance
- Electronic and instrumental effects
- Ensemble and grouping types
- Evaluating musical effect
- Harmony's interaction with melody and texture
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