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What keys can I modulate to when harmonizing a Bach chorale?

There are 5 keys which a Bach chorale could modulate to*. Two of these are the dominant and the subdominant (based on the 5th and 4th degree of the home key respectively). If the home key is major then the c...
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What is a common harmonic device used in Classical Orchestral music?

Clear harmonic structure is used. The melody strays little from its main purpose and most key changes are heavily related.
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What is sonata form?

Sonata form is formed of an exposition, development section and a recapitulation. The exposition comprises of a first subject, a bridge passage, a second subject and a codetta. The development section builds...
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Name a composer from the Baroque period

Bach; Monteverdi; Handel; Scarlatti; Albinoni; Corelli
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Describe Handel's 'And the Glory of the Lord' according to rhythm and structure.

This piece is written in 3/4. The first notable moment rhythmically is the hemiola at the end of the orchestral introduction. A hemiola is when music sounded in two time is written in three time and the main...
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