Other important features of Baroque music
basso continuo - a kind of continuous accompaniment notated with a new music notation system, figured bass
Monody - music for one melodic voice with accompaniment
Homophony - music with one melodic voice and rhythmically similar accompaniment (this and monody are contrasted with the typical Renaissance texture, polyphony)
text over music - intelligible text with humble (not overpowering) instrumental accompaniment
vocal soloists ('bel canto')
dramatic musical expression
new instrumental techniques, like tremolo and pizzicato
new musical forms like opera, drama per musica
clear and linear melody
the aria
the ritornello aria (repeated short instrumental interruptions of vocal passages)
virtuosity
the 'stile concertato' (contrast in sound between orchestra and solo-instruments or small groups of instruments)
idiomatic instrumental writing: better use of the unique properties of each type of musical instrument
ornamentation
development to modern Western tonality (major and minor scales)
basso continuo - a kind of continuous accompaniment notated with a new music notation system, figured bass
Monody - music for one melodic voice with accompaniment
Homophony - music with one melodic voice and rhythmically similar accompaniment (this and monody are contrasted with the typical Renaissance texture, polyphony)
text over music - intelligible text with humble (not overpowering) instrumental accompaniment
vocal soloists ('bel canto')
dramatic musical expression
new instrumental techniques, like tremolo and pizzicato
new musical forms like opera, drama per musica
clear and linear melody
the aria
the ritornello aria (repeated short instrumental interruptions of vocal passages)
virtuosity
the 'stile concertato' (contrast in sound between orchestra and solo-instruments or small groups of instruments)
idiomatic instrumental writing: better use of the unique properties of each type of musical instrument
ornamentation
development to modern Western tonality (major and minor scales)
