Identify the style trait that is not reflective of Renaissance music

a. Instruments reign supreme; tone color dominated by the violin, harpsichord,
and organ
b. Musical texture is mainly polyphonic with an emphasis on imitative
counterpoint
c. Duple meter as common as triple meter; while rhythm in sacred music is
relaxed and without strong downbeats, that used in secular music is usually
lively and catchy
d. The triad, a consonant chord, becomes the basic building block of harmony
e. Melody is mainly stepwise within a moderately narrow range; some intense
chromaticism found in madrigals at the end of the period


A

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