Flora and fauna [edit]. Coral reefs and tropical fish are abundant in the waters around the cayos. Dolphins, marine turtles and even some coastal caimans live in the remoter mangroves. Birds include pelicans, flamingoes, egrets and the odd scarlet ibis. On the islands, vegetation is sparse and generally adapted to the dry, salty environment.
-Terraced dynamics: The sudden alternation from one dynamic level to another. -Sudden alternations between loud and soft.-. -The most characteristic feature of baroque music is its use of basso continuo. -Basso continuo: is a bass part together with numbers (figures) that specified chords to be played above it.ate Baroque: -Instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time. Musical Characteristics of the Baroque Period: -Affections in baroque usage refers to emotional states or moods of music. -A baroque musical composition usually expresses one basic mood within the same movement.
-The early baroque: was characterized by homophonic texture. -Is considered to be one of the most revolutionary periods in music history. -Composers favored homophonic texture Claudio Monteverdi: (Early baroque composer) -His music was passionate and dramatic.ACRED MUSIC: The two main Forms of sacred Renaissance Music are the mass and the motet The Motet is a polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass. Josquin Desprez: -He spent most of his life in Italy-Josquin Desprez was a contemporary of Christopher Columbus.