Terms: Textures & Other Terms Flashcards

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texture

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a term describing how melodic, rhythmic, & harmonic materials are woven together in a piece of music

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2
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a single melodic idea WITHOUT accompaniment

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monophonic

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a single clearly defined melody WITH accompaniment

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homophonic

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4
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a musical texture consisting of more than one melodic line

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polyphonic

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5
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a combination of 3 or more pitches sounding @ the same time

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chord

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a chord w/ 3 notes that are stacked in thirds (ex: major, minor, diminished, augmented)

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triad

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7
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a point of rest in music

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cadence

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8
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division of the beat into 3 equal parts

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compound division

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9
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division of the beat into 2 or 4 equal parts

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simple division

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10
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a shift in tonal center w/i a movement or a small musical work

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modulation

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