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Composers form certain musical language and rhythmic patterns to define relative moods and expressions Rhythm – the contently of rhythm further portrays the unity of mood wealth a baroque piece. A relentless drive of rhythmic patterns Is prominent through the entirety of a piece and Is rarely ever Interrupted * Texture – music composed during the late baroque period is most often polyphonic in texture. This means that two more melodic lines compete for the audiences’ attention * Predominantly contrapuntal.
However, counterpoint was harmonically oriented * It was extremely common and usual to find close Imitation between lines and for the soprano and bass lines to be more dominant within a piece Melody – with the rise of the baroque period, the Idea of melody and harmony began to be become more articulated * Composers of this era chose to steer away from the complex polyphonic form which thrived during the 1 5th and 16th centuries, instead they opted for a monody ( single voice with very simple accompaniment) * Along with the introduction of the monody also came basso continuo or figured bass.
This was a method or way of notating music where the music is performed by one or more bass Instruments as wells as a keyboard Instrument * The basso continuo established a new found Importance for bass lines In the area of ensemble music repetition of melody patterns on successively higher or lower pitches * Dynamics – the dynamics within a Baroque piece remains fairly constant for a fair duration of time before it shifts to another level, known an terraced dynamics.