Baroque pop

Baroque pop is a style of Pop that emerged in the mid-1960s when several Pop Rock recording artists began incorporating elements of Western Classical Music into their music. Many pop songs by then had already made use of instruments previously associated with classical music, such as harpsichord and strings, but baroque pop was distinguished for its majestic, melancholic sound that was more reminiscent of the Baroque Music of the 17th-18th century. To explain, baroque music usually has constant rhythmic flow (or steady motion), a single melodic idea that develops throughout, and counterpoint (two separate melodies that sometimes intersect). Baroque pop does not preclude non-classical instruments like guitars, electric organ, and/or drum kits, but its orchestral qualities are always placed in the arrangement's foreground.