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Early Baroque music features both homophonic and polyphonic textures, however, both textures are enriched by a feature unique to the Baroque period, the basso continuo.

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It is correct to state that Early baroque music typically has a homophonic texture, whereas late baroque music typically has a polyphonic texture. It is also true that both textures are enriched by a feature unique to the Baroque period, the basso continuo.

As a result, they condemned their contemporaries' use of polyphony (many, separate melodic lines) and instrumental music, and instead addressed ancient Greek music methods such as monody, which consisted of solo singing accompanied by a kithara (an antique strummed string instrument).

Early Baroque composers attempted to avoid the intricacy of late Renaissance polyphonic texture. As a result, they worked hard to achieve basic homophonic soundscapes.

Composers had returned to the intricacy of intricate polyphony by the late Baroque.

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