The importance of the establishment of major and minor tonality in the Baroque was that each tonality came to be associated with certain types of music. Major tonality was associated with happy occasions and minor tonality with sadness or sensuality.
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Contrast is an important ingredient in the drama of a baroque composition. The differences between loud and soft, solo and ensemble (as in the concerto), different instruments and timbres all PLAY an important role in many baroque compositions. Composers also began to be more precise about instrumentation, often specifying the instruments on which a piece should be played instead of allowing the performer to choose. Brilliant instruments like the trumpet and violin also grew in popularity.
The tonality of the piece is only established after the intro however it is in G major. The modal sound of the piece makes it sound as though there is a key change however there isn't.
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Around the Baroque era, tonality went from modal to major and minor. The key signature was born out of the rigid sequence of tones and semitones in major and minor scales.
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There are several types: Tonal (In a key): This can be a major or minor key. Modal (In a mode) Atonal: No key, no tonic note. There are various other more complex types like twelve tonality, whole tonality and polytonality, but these are the main three types.
Contrast is an important ingredient in the drama of a baroque composition. The differences between loud and soft, solo and ensemble (as in the concerto), different instruments and timbres all PLAY an important role in many baroque compositions. Composers also began to be more precise about instrumentation, often specifying the instruments on which a piece should be played instead of allowing the performer to choose. Brilliant instruments like the trumpet and violin also grew in popularity.
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The tonality of the piece is only established after the intro however it is in G major. The modal sound of the piece makes it sound as though there is a key change however there isn't.
Baroque. All of Bach's work is in the style of Baroque.
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