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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=Western_classical_music">Western classical music</a>, the <b>common practice period</b> was the period of about 250 years during which the <a href="page.php?w=tonality">tonal system</a> was regarded as the only basis for composition. It began when composers' use of the tonal system had clearly superseded earlier systems and ended when some composers began using significantly modified versions of the tonal system and developing other systems as well. Most features of the common practice (the accepted concepts of composition</p><p>
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