What general characteristics of classical music?

-The mood in classical music can change drastically.

-This music also has unexpected pauses, syncopations, and frequent changes from long notes to shorter ones.

-Pattern changes can be sudden or gradual

-Pieces shift smoothly and suddenly

-classical music is amount the most tuneful

- Occasionally composers would steal other popular music pieces to base theirs off of but most times they'd create their own

-Classical music often sound balanced because the had a lot of the same melodies

-The second phrase in a classical song may begin like the first but will end differently