major,minor 

The medieval church modes gradually gave way to the

_________ and _________ scales in the middle baroque.

The two musical giants of the baroque were ____

and ____.

A bass part together with numbers (figures) specifying

the chords to be played above it, characteristic of the

baroque, is called _______

terraced dynamics

The alternation between soft and loud

dynamics in baroque music is known as____________

A section that sounds fairly complete and independent

but is part of a larger composition is called a _______.

One of the most revolutionary periods in music history

 was the___________.

homophonic texture

The early baroque was characterized by________.

The middle baroque was characterized by

clavichord

A popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by

means of brass blades striking the strings was the