generate questions: Baroque music is characterized by the use of complex tonal counterpoint and the use of a basso continuo, a continuous bass line. Music became more complex in comparison with the songs of earlier periods. The beginnings of the sonata form took shape in the canzona, as did a more formalized notion of theme and variations. The tonalities of major and minor as means for managing dissonance and chromaticism in music took full shape.
Basso continuo and complex tonal counterpoint characterize what type of music? {sep_token} What does basso continuo mean? {sep_token} What did music become during the Baroque era  in comparison with earlier periods? {sep_token} What form began to take shape during the Baroque era? {sep_token} Major and minor what are means for managing dissonance and chromaticism?