What are characteristics of baroque music?A) Uninterrupted, steady flowB) Continuous motionC) Choppy, broken melodiesD) Use of pauses to separate music

What will be an ideal response?


A, B
The baroque aesthetic emphasizes an uninterrupted, steady flow of music from the first note to the last chord. Quite unlike later styles, in which sections of music are separated by pauses, the polyphonic instrumental style of the baroque is characterized by continuous motion and progression from beginning to end. 

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