Music in the Renaissance Topic:_________________________________________ During the renaissance era music was just starting to spread. Renaissance music valued melodic beauty, expressiveness, and unity. Composers couldn’t express themselves through traditional music, so they were free to explore new innovations. To make new music they came up with a technique called ‘’Faburden”, this technique inserted an improvised harmonic part between two written parts. This technique and other innovations helped the spread of music during the renaissance. As music spread, new inventions were being made. One invention was the printing press. This invention had a major effect on how music spread. With the printing press music could reach a larger audience