Using the Periods/Styles Screens

The Periods/Styles screens in this musicology section of Musical Discovery permit browsing (in chronological order by starting year of the period)  through brief descriptions of the style in each period, from the renaissance, through baroque, classical, and romantic, up to the present day. It also shows approximate dates for the period of the style. Each period is accompanied with a handy table of themes, extracts or full pieces in this style.

You can listen to any listed piece of music by clicking on the appropriate row.  This then plays the music, and you can stop or pause it using the buttons on the PlayBar at the foot of the screen. Also you can use the slider to move forward or back to any desired part of the music. As an alternative to clicking the buttons with the mouse, the space bar can be used to start or pause the music, or the function keys F2 to start, and F3 to stop..

To move to a different style/period, you can either click on the Next Period or Previous Period buttons, or else use the shortcut keys Page Down for the next period, and Page Up, for the previous period.  The First and Last buttons take you to the beginning or end of the list of styles/periods.

At top right, there is also a search facility. Click on the arrow for a drop-down list of periods, scroll down, then click on the desired period.


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