Chap. 5: Musical Texture

Question 1

texture

Answer 1

the interweaving of the melodic lines with harmony

Question 2

monophony

Answer 2

single voice or line without accompaniment, simplest texture

Question 3

polyphony

Answer 3

many-voiced texture with different melodic lines

Question 4

counterpoint

Answer 4

one line set against another

Question 5

homophony

Answer 5

when one melodic voice is prominent over the accompanying lines or voices

Question 6

imitation

Answer 6

when a melodic idea is presented in one voice then restates in another, a common unifying technique in polyphony

Question 7

canons and rounds

Answer 7

two types of strictly imitative works

Question 8

heterophony

Answer 8

several musicians sing or play the same musical line but each one varies some element so that they’re “out of sync” with each other

Question 9

homorhythm

Answer 9

a kind of homophony where all the voices or lines move together in the same rhythm

Question 10

canon

Answer 10

a strictly imitative work

Question 11

round

Answer 11

the simplest and most familiar form of canon