Texture and Melody Flashcards
Unison texture
Everyone sings/plays exactly the same thing at the same time
Texture
How the different layers of the music weave together
Imitative texture
One part copies or repeats what another musical part has just done
Octave texture
The pitch of the instruments or singers is an octave apart
Homophonic texture
The different parts of the music move together
Layered texture
Sections of music that are repeated again and again are loops. When lots of loops are played at the same time this is layered texture
Heterophonic texture
Two or more slightly different versions of the same melody played at the same time
Canonic texture
Each part is the same and overlaps but they start at different times
Antiphonal texture
Two groups of musicians who take it in turn to play in a kind of musical conversation
Polyphonic texture
The different parts of the music are interwoven and are equally important. Different sound at the same time
Monophonic texture
No accompaniment or harmony, just one line of melody
Melody with accompaniment
Melody with instruments or singers accompanying to provide harmony
Melody
The tune
Disjunct melody
Lots of jumps and leaps
Conjunct melody
Smooth, moves by step
Modal melody
Uses notes from the ancient scales called modes
Melodic sequence
When a melody is repeated at different pitches
Whole tone melody
Uses notes from the whole tone scale- no semitones
Arpeggio
First chord of the key with the last note played on top e.g CEGC
Triadic melody
Uses notes of a triad e.g. CEG
Aciaccaturas and Appoggiaturas
Ornaments-used to decorate melody. Short notes played quickly before the main notes of the melody
Diminution
When a melody is made shorter by taking notes away or making them shorter
Ornamentation
The decoration of the melody
Chromatic melody
Uses some notes that don’t belong to scale
Passing notes
Notes in between the main notes
Inversion
When a melody is turned upside down
Pentatonic melody
Uses notes from the pentatonic scale
Harmonic sequence
When a pattern of chords is repeated
Ostinato/riff
`Short repeated pattern
Phrasing (need examples)
Describes how the melody should sound Legato-smoothly Staccato-short and detached Slur-very smooth, no gaps Sfozando-suddenly and quickly strong and loud
Improvisation
Creating new music on the spot. Make it up as you go
Augmentation
When a melody is made longer by adding notes or making notes longer
Pitch bend
When the pitch of a note is raised or lowered slightly
Slide/glissando
sliding from one note to another. Sometimes notes in between are played during the slide
