Chapter 5: Musical Texture

Question 1

Texture

Answer 1

The interweaving of melodic (horizontal) and harmonic (vertical) elements in the musical fabric. (page 21)

Question 2

Monophonic

Answer 2

Single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment. (page 21)

Question 3

Heterophonic

Answer 3

Texture in which two or more voices (or parts) elaborate the same melody simultaneously, often the result of improvisation. (page 21)

Question 4

Polyphonic

Answer 4

Two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture, as distinct from monophonic. (page 21)

Question 5

Counterpoint

Answer 5

The art of combining in a single texture two or more melodic lines. (page 21)

Question 6

Homophonic

Answer 6

Texture with a principal melody and accompanying harmony, as distinct from polyphony. (page 22)

Question 7

Homorhythmic

Answer 7

Texture in which all voices, or lines, move together in the same rhythm. (page 23)

Question 8

Imitation

Answer 8

Melodic idea presented in one voice or part and then restated in another, each part continuing as others enter. (page 23)

Question 9

Canon

Answer 9

Type of polyphonic composition in which one musical line strictly imitates another at a fixed distance throughout. (page 24)

Question 10

Round

Answer 10

Perpetual canon at the unison in which each voice enters in succession with the same melody (for example, Row, Row, Row Your Boat). (page 24)