The first operas, written around 1600 and the rise of contrapuntal music define the cusp of the Renaissance and the basis of the Baroque era that lasted until roughly 1750, the year of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach.

• What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements

• An understanding of music's formal ABC%27s can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed
• A universal element of bebop is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the Sound Effects uniformity of a piece of music.