Ornaments

• Trills - notes that are usually a semitone apart, played very fast.

• Appoggiatura - starts on a note that clashes with the chord and then moves to a note that matches the chord. The notes are usually a semitone/tone apart.

• Acciaccatura - Squeezing a short note in between a longer one (playing the short one as fast possible).

• Mordent - Similar to (and start off like) trills, except the last note is slightly longer. 

• Turns - A series of notes that are played tones/semitones apart (see example). There is also an inverted turn.

Vivaldi Set Work

Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Spring from The Four Seasons Op. 8 no.1, RV 269 (Violin Concerto)

The piece as split into the four seasons. Our set work is on spring. The music reflected many aspects of spring such as the birds and the clear whether. 

Instruments:

The spring piece is string dominated.

Background information on Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi lived from 1678 - 1741 and was one of the greatest musical figures of the Baroque period. He was born into a big family and lived in Vienna. He suffered from asthma. Vivaldi wrote for a variety of instruments, but most commonly for the violin (nearly half of the total). He studied to become a priest he only said mass a few times.