Baroque music is principally [[church]] music, as most surviving manuscripts were written for the church.
Baroque music is principally [[church]] music, as most surviving manuscripts were written for the church.
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Stylistically, baroque music often observes a strict or unvarying rhythm, and marked by an absence of modulation - the subtleties of [[crescendo]] and [[diminuendo]]. In this sense, baroque and [[hip hop]] have much in common. And [[counterpoint]] - two or more music lines played against each other simultaneously, is the defining characteristic of [[Western]] music.
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Stylistically, baroque music often observes a strict or unvarying rhythm, and marked by an absence of modulation - the subtleties of [[crescendo]] and [[diminuendo]]. In this sense, baroque and [[hip hop]] have much in common. And extensive use of [[counterpoint]] - two or more music lines played against each other simultaneously, which is the defining characteristic of [[Western]] music setting it apart from Far Eastern, [[India]]n, and African traditions which focus more on rhythm and sometimes have a less developed [[harmonyharmonic system]].