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. COUNT 5
QSN1 Basso continuo and complex tonal counterpoint characterize what type of music?  ANS1 Baroque QSN2 What does basso continuo mean?  ANS2 a continuous bass line QSN3 What did music become during the Baroque era  in comparison with earlier periods? ANS3 more complex QSN4 What form began to take shape during the Baroque era?  ANS4 the sonata form QSN5 Major and minor what are means for managing dissonance and chromaticism? ANS5 tonalities