BY THE END
OF THIS
LESSON YOU
WILL:
• Have discovered the
music of the organ
• Have been introduced to
the concept of ground
bass
• Have been introduced to
the concept of pedal
QUICK QUIZ
• What is a concerto?
QUICK QUIZ
• What is a concerto?
• Concerto – Work for solo
instrument and orchestra,
e.g. a flute concerto is written
for solo flute and orchestra.
QUICK QUIZ
• How do you know a piece of
music is from the baroque
period?
QUICK QUIZ
• How do you know a piece of
music is from the baroque
period?
• It contains a Harpsichord
QUICK QUIZ
• What instruments are often
in a Baroque orchestra?
QUICK QUIZ
• What instruments are often
in a Baroque orchestra?
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Violin
- Bassoon
Viola
- Oboe
Cello
- Timpani
Double Bass – Natural Trumpets
Harpsichord
ORGAN
• Lots of music in the Baroque
period was written for an
instrument called the Organ.
ORGAN
• Organs can mostly be found in
Churches and some
theatres/concert halls.
This is what one sounds like
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=_FXoyr_FyFw
• Copy this information about
the organ down at the back of
your jotters
ORGAN
• Organ – A keyboard
instrument usually found in
churches. It usually has more
than one Keyboard.
• Keyboard – Instrument whose
sounds are made by pressing
down keys, e.g. piano, organ,
electronic keyboard and
synthesizer.
GROUND BASS
• We will now be looking at the concept
of Ground Bass
• Copy this down then
• Ground bass – A theme in the bass
which is repeated many times while the
upper parts are varied.
GROUND BASS
• We already know a ground Bass
– Pachelbel's canon in D
• Lets play it now on the Electronic
Keyboards
THE BAROQUE
ORCHESTRA
• Here is a piece of music from a
little further on in the
Baroque period
– Handel’s Arrival of the
Queen of Sheeba
– http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fjd4sOh9hVg&fe
ature=related
– Listen out for the
Harpsichord and the 2
oboes playing together
PEDALS
• The word pedal comes from the Latin
(pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot.
Pedal
• A pedal in music either relates to parts
of an instrument used by ones feet
 Or
• A note which is held on or is repeated
continuously in the bass beneath
changing harmonies.
PEDALS
• The word pedal comes from the Latin
(pes, Pedis) and relates to the foot.
Pedal
• A pedal in music either relates to parts
of an instrument used by ones feet
 Or
• A note which is held on or is repeated
continuously in the bass beneath
changing harmonies.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py
C19VVuQis