element of texture notes

Question 1

antiphonal

Answer 1

alternate groups

Question 2

monophonic

Answer 2

single melody lines

Question 3

a cappella

Answer 3

choir singing unaccompanied

Question 4

melody and accompaniment

Answer 4

a distinct melody sung or layed on a instrument that stands out from the background accomaniment

Question 5

unison

Answer 5

exactally the same notes but in different parts

Question 6

octaves

Answer 6

8 notes played apart

Question 7

imitative

Answer 7

short motif or phrase are copied in other parts, usually with some modification

Question 8

layered

Answer 8

part above or below others to form a richer sound

Question 9

irregular , free

Answer 9

not following a rigid beat

Question 10

skank

Answer 10

reggae guitar rhythm using upstrums on the off-beat

Question 11

bubble

Answer 11

reggae keyboard technique using off-beat quavers

Question 12

clave

Answer 12

afro-Cuban rhythm using syncopated accents, typically using the first and fourth beats with a semi quaver ahead or behind for second and third beats.

Question 13

augmentation

Answer 13

making note lengths uniformly longer

Question 14

diminuendo

Answer 14

making not lengths uniformly shorter

Question 15

anacrusis

Answer 15

notes before the bar line

Question 16

hemiola

Answer 16

felling of two in triple time

Question 17

bi-rhythm, cross-rhythm, polyrhythmic

Answer 17

patterns of different rhythms superimposed

e.g: three crotchets triplets above a steady two.

Question 18

shuffle beat

Answer 18

dotted rhythm feel

Question 19

backbeat

Answer 19

accents on the second and fourth beats

Question 20

syncopation

Answer 20

accents in unexpected places, or rhythms that emphasise unusual parts of the beat.

Question 21

off-beat

Answer 21

beats two and four