Musical Texture Flashcards
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Polyphonic
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Many-voiced texture in which two or more voices are combined
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Monophonic
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Single voiced; melody is heard without harmonic accompaniment or vocal lines. Up to about 1,000 years ago, all music was monophonic
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Counterpoint
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Combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines
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Homophonic
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A single voice takes over the melody, while the accompanying voices take a subordinate role - blocks of harmony that support, color, and enhance the principle part
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Homorhythmic
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All the voices or lines move in the same rhythm, in a note-against-note style
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Imitation
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A melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another
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Cannon and Round
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Each voice enters in succession with the same melody
