At the start of the Renaissance, composers wrote polyphonic music but began to emphasize the equal balance of the voices. What type of musical piece MOST likely resulted from this new style?

A canon is a polyphonic piece in which voices enter one after another with the same melody, creating an interweaving of parts. This fits the Renaissance emphasis on balanced, independent voices. Chant is generally a single melodic line, while an antiphon is a type of alternating vocal response and a lyric poem is a literary form.

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