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  1. 3. polyphonic writing.
  2. 4. use of trills and embellishments on notes.
  3. 5. key change.
  4. 7. tuning.
  5. 9. piece based on one melody.
  6. 10. Vocal soloists and a chorus are accompanied by an orchestra and/or organ to tell a story in music, but without the staging and costumes of an opera.
  7. 11. Baroque keyboard instrument.
  8. 12. more than one melody played simultaneously.
  9. 15. type of stringed instrument in the baroque period similar to today’s guitar.
  10. 16. a short piece in free contrapuntal style that develops one motive in an impromptu fashion.
Down
  1. 1. sacred vocal compositions in contrapuntal style without accompaniment.
  2. 2. Baroque keyboard instrument; the Well-Tempered Clavier was written for this instrument.
  3. 3. Baroque sacred or secular choral composition containing recitatives, solos, duets, and choruses, with orchestral or keyboard accompaniment.
  4. 6. A “speaking” type of singing, free in tempo and in rhythm. Mostly popular in opera.
  5. 8. Third, ending on a major chord when a piece is in a minor key.
  6. 13. Keyboard instrument used mostly in church music.
  7. 14. an “air” meaning “song.” Written for one solo voice with accompaniment.