generate questions: One major difference between Baroque music and the classical era that followed it is that the types of instruments used in ensembles were much less standardized. Whereas a classical era string quartet consists almost exclusively of two violins, a viola and a cello, a Baroque group accompanying a soloist or opera could include one of several different types of keyboard instruments (e.g., pipe organ, harpsichord, or clavichord), additional stringed chordal instruments (e.g., a lute) and an unspecified number of bass instruments performing the basso continuo bassline, including bowed strings, woodwinds and brass instruments (e.g., a cello, contrabass, viol, bassoon, serpent, etc.).
What was less standardized during the Baroque era? {sep_token} Two violins, a viola, and a cello make up what type of group? {sep_token} Keyboard instruments included the pip organ, harpsichord and what other instrument? {sep_token} What is an example of a stringed chordal instrument during the Baroque period?