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What are the 8 characteristics of classical music?

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Some characteristics of classical music are;

an alberti bass
a very prominent form/structure eg - sonata form, ternary form, binary form...etc
even four-bar phrases
a cadence to end a phrase
detailed articulation
not too much use of the lower keyboard
light
playful (especially for Mozart's music)

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