In what ways do the musical developments of the baroque North reflect a new direction in Western musical tradition? Cite specific examples.

1. It made changes in musical notation.

2. It develop new instrumental playing techniques.

3. Baroque music expanded the size, range, and complexity of instrumental performance, and also established opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto, and sonata as musical genres.

4.

The music of the period reflects the decorative art in the use of ornamentation to embroider melodies. Thick and complex polyphonic texture prevails in many composers works. ... The two best known Baroque composers are Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel, both Germans.

Explanation:

The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany and Russia. By the 1730s, it had evolved into an even more flamboyant style, called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century.