Common practice period. In the history of European art music (broadly called classical music), the common practice era – spanning the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods – lasted from about 1600 to around 1900.
General characteristics[edit] Common practice music obeys two types of musical norms: first, it uses conventionalized sequences of chords, such as I-IV-V-I. (see Roman numeral analysis) Second, it obeys specific contrapuntal norms, such as the avoidance of parallel fifths and octaves. Common practice music can be contrasted with the earlier modal music and later atonal music. Baroque music (1600- 1760)
Romantic music (1815- 1910)