NAME: GRANT KYLE DE GUZMAN DATE: APRIL 2, 2022

SUBJECT: ART APPRECIATION

ASSIGNMENT NO.10

QUESTION: 1. Differentiate harpsichord and piano.

2. What are the features of Baroque music? Where did it originate?
3. Describe the lute as a musical instrument. How does it differ from a
guitar?
ANSWER:
1. A piano is a “struck string instrument” that makes sounds by striking strings with
hammers and vibrating them. A harpsichord is a “plucked string instrument” that
makes sounds by plucking strings with plectrums and vibrating them.
2. The term Baroque comes from the Portuguese word Barroco, used to refer to the
pearls of irregular shapes; basically, the ugly pieces. In the late 18th-century, this
word started to be used for referring to the artistic period. Baroque music is
characterised by: long flowing melodic lines often using ornamentation
(decorative notes such as trills and turns) contrast between loud and soft, solo and
ensemble. a contrapuntal texture where two or more melodic lines are combined.
3. Depending on the type of the lute strings, the sound can be crisper and brighter
than the modern guitar. The most obvious difference between the lute and the
guitar is the pear-shaped body of the lute, which is produced by gluing ribs of
wood together and then gluing the soundboard on top.