Baroque melody has the characteristics of continuity and openness. It often repeats an idea, sometimes expands and sometimes repeats at different pitches. These melodies are usually difficult to remember, hum, and have no sense of balance and symmetry.

The dynamic change of baroque music is sudden and trapezoidal, just like jumping from one step to another. It is only strong or weak, not getting weaker gradually. This is because the organ, harpsichord and other musical instruments at that time could not achieve the fading effect.

The texture of baroque music is mainly polyphony, and generally two or more melodies are the most common. Among them, the highest and lowest notes are more and more important. Sometimes, for comparison, the later Baroque works often have the transformation of polyphonic texture and theme texture, but it depends on the composer's interest. For example, Handel often uses the transformation of polyphonic texture and theme texture, while Bach uses polyphonic texture.