STYLE AND PERIOD - BAROQUE

TEXTURE Two part texture (except for the final chord.) Two part; melody and accompaniment/ bass line.

STRUCTURE Same phrase repeated three times/ ostinato/ ground bass. Two; first half of each section uses same basic melody/ harmony - in second section it is elaborated.

CHARACTER Decorative melody (sounds almost improvised). Minor key, fairly slow tempo, use of descending sequence, melodic ornamentation, light texture; stately, sombre

TONALITY Minor key with a few chromatic notes

STYLE AND PERIOD Use of a ground bass, the 2 part contrapuntal texture the ornamentation, use of a limited range of the keyboard. Thin/ two part texture, melody heavily ornamented, use of a limited range of the keyboard suggests it was written for harpsichord, clear articulation and texture, diatonic harmony, binary form/ two-section structure.