It was during this time that the trend for amateurs to make music and entertain themselves and the people around them became increasingly common. ... Binchois was noteworthy for his chansons and rondeau as well as using "hemiola" which is a term when there is a cross note of three quarter notes over a compound meter. ... The genres and styles developed in this period are very broad but general share characteristics like a sense of ornateness, movement of affections, polyphony of multiple voices, prominent bass and treble lines, and an interest in improvising in inner voices (Baroque ...

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