Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

• Sonority- String dominated
• Dynamics- crescendos and diminuendos and sudden changes
• Rhythm and metre- clear metre, emphasis on beats 1 and 3, dotted and straight rhythms
• Texture- mostly melody and accompaniment, homophonic/chordal, antiphony
• Melody- ornamentation, balanced phrases, often scalic/conjunct, diatonic, chromaticism
• Harmony- mainly primary chords and modulations to related keys