Unit 2-1 Diminution and Variations 23 Jul 20205 Sep 2022 We will now turn back to exploring diminution in more depth. Diminution is the act of transforming a line of long durations into a line of shorter durations. The new…
Unit 2-1 Folia Bass 24 Jul 202024 Jul 2020 According to the Oxford Music Online, Folia is a: "A term for a musical framework used during the Baroque period for songs, dances and sets of variations. In the late…
Unit 2-1 Theme 24 Jul 202014 Aug 2020 We will study how Vivaldi applies different diminutions to create variations in the bass part in this piece. The original piece involves diminutions in three different parts, but we will…
Unit 2-1 Bass Variation 1 31 Jul 202014 Aug 2020 The next bass variation builds on the previous principles Bar one extends the idea of the repeated note and adds octave displacement The A in measure 2 is now an…
Unit 2-1 Bass Variations 2 and 3 1 Aug 202014 Aug 2020 What type of diminution did Vivaldi use in variation no. 2? Here's the Violoncello line of variations 3 compared to the original structural line we created. What types of diminution…
Unit 2-1 Writing simple Bass Variations 1 1 Aug 202024 Aug 2020 At this point, we have looked at the theme and three variations. Now try to apply these principles and create a few bass variations of your own. Follow these guidelines:…
