How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?

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

The Beauty of the Baroque

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

Changing the articulation (staccato, legato)

What other way would be suitable to vary a repeated section?

To make a piece sound finished, what chord should you end on?

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’'

You alternate between two notes very quickly

You play it very short before another note

The way the melodies and chords fit together

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?

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?

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

How do we arrange melodies into a Baroque structure?

Lesson outcome

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