Canzona per Sonare was one of the earliest pieces intended for performance specifically by instruments rather than voices. The piece helped to pave way for what would be soon known as the Baroque concerto style or concerto grosso. One thing worth noting is that the antiphonal technique, where a phrase played by one group of instruments on one end would be answered by the group on the other end, was widely used by Gabrieli, making full use of the acoustics of the church, for which these pieces were mostly played.