Ch. 5: TEXTURE

Question 1

What is TEXTURE and 4 types of textures?

Answer 1

—TEXTURE—refers to the interweaving of the melodic lines with harmony

• *4 TYPES**
  1. MONOPHONY
  2. POLYPHONY
  3. HOMOPHONY
  4. HOMORHYTHM

Question 2

What is MONOPHONY?

Answer 2

—simplest texture; a single voice or line without accompaniment

Question 3

What is POLYPHONY?

Answer 3

—“many voiced” texture with DIFFERENT MELODIC LINES

***(ALSO based on COUNTERPOINT-one line set against another)

Question 4

What is HOMOPHONY?

Answer 4

(Most commonly heard)

—OCCURS when 1 melodic voice is prominent over the accompanying lines or voices

Question 5

What is HOMORHYTHM?

Answer 5

—all voices or lines MOVE TOGETHER in the “same rhythm”

*Based on harmony loving in synchronization with a melody

Question 6

What is IMITATION?

Answer 6

**when a melodic idea is presented in 1 VOICE, then restated in another—is a common unifying technique in polyphony

Question 7

2 types of IMITATIVE work:

CANON and ROUND

Answer 7

*canon=strict imitative work

**round=each voice enters in succession with same melody that can NEVER be repeated endlessly