The Baroque musical technique known as bariolage involves quick alternation between a static note and changing notes, that form a melody either above or below the static note. This technique is common to Baroque violin music, where the static note is usually an open string note. This has the effect of creating maximum resonance in the instrument. Baroque music is European classical music written during the Baroque era, approximately 1600 to 1750. ... Jump to: navigation, search The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... Jump to: navigation, search A string instrument (also stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...

The extract below, written for the violin, features bariolage in its second bar (or measure). In this example, the A (on the open A string of the violin) is alternated with the Fs and Es on the D string. In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ... In musical terminology, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ...

An extract of music, giving an example of bariolage