• The melody usually sounds in the highest voice although, in string quartets, the instruments often take turns at providing melody and accompaniments.
• Highly contrary to Baroque music, homophony is characteristic of the Classical period.
• Works involve much less tension and less rich harmonies.
• Counterpoint became a thing of the past.
• Usually a key is established in the beginning of works, then developed upon, and finally returned to in the end of the work; the classical period typically has a high contrast of keys.
• Much of the Keyboard music has but two real parts, one for each hand
  • Right hand: predominant melody.
  • Left hand: bass harmony.

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