GCSE Purcell - Music For A While
Across
- 2. The type of voice that sings this typically and the one on the recording we use
- 6. A period of music from 1600 to 1750, this piece comes from that era
- 7. Repeated quavers on a variety of pitches form an example of word painting
- 10. Another instrument that plays in this piece, but is not in the score
- 12. The ending of a mostly minor (or modal) passage on a major chord
- 13. The play that this piece was incidental music for
- 14. The order of the main modulations in the piece
- 15. A large majority of the melody in this piece uses this type of writing
- 18. A type of ornamentation featuring both an upper and a lower variant, starting on the main note before quickly going up to the next note and then returning back to the main note
- 19. A repetitive accompaniment for baroque pieces
- 20. A type of cadence that is typically used in religious music, known as the Amen cadence
- 21. The structure of this piece (also known as ternary form) but this name is specifically for sung pieces
Down
- 1. The type of cadence that the piece ends on
- 3. Dotted rhythms
- 4. The unusual length for which the continuo lasts for before repeating
- 5. Using the music to watch/evoke the words that are being sung
- 8. The tonic key of the piece
- 9. The instrument in this piece that plays the continuo and a figured bass part
- 11. What happens to the melody from the first section when it is reused at the end
- 16. The type of voice that this piece was originally written for and sings close to the soprano range
- 17. What is used as word painting on the word pains