Texture and Melody

Question 1

Explain ‘Homphonic’ texture

Answer 1

Melody and accompaniment

Question 2

Explain ‘monophonic’ texture

Answer 2

One ‘line’ of music

Question 3

Explain ‘polyphonic’ texture

Answer 3

Interweaving layers of music

Question 4

State some types of polyphonic texture

Answer 4

imitation, cannon, counterpoint/ contrapuntal

Question 5

Explain ‘unison’

Answer 5

Playing the same part in more than one voice or instrument

Question 6

Explain ‘octaves’

Answer 6

Performing at pitches an ‘octave’ apart (8)

Question 7

Explain ‘antiphonal’

Answer 7

When a piece is divided into sections that are performed by different groups

Question 8

Explain ‘heterophonic’

Answer 8

A texture where more than one instrument plays the same melody but one part is more decorated

Question 9

What is an interval?

Answer 9

The gap or distance between two pitches

Question 10

Explain ‘conjunct’ movement

Answer 10

Moving in step

Question 11

Explain ‘disjunct’ movement

Answer 11

Moving in leaps

Question 12

What is triadic movement?

Answer 12

Moving through the notes in a triad

Question 13

What is an arpeggio?

Answer 13

Moving up and down the notes of a triad

Question 14

What is a broken chord?

Answer 14

A pattern of playing the notes of a chord individually

Question 15

What is a passing note?

Answer 15

A note that joins to more important notes of a melody by step

Question 16

What is an acciaccatura?

Answer 16

A grace note, a non harmony note played before the beat that quickly moves onto the note on the beat

Question 17

What is an appoggiatura?

Answer 17

A non harmony note played on the beat that quickly moves to a harmony note

Question 18

What is a pentatonic scale?

Answer 18

A scale based on 5 notes

Question 19

What is a whole tone scale?

Answer 19

A scale that moves in intervals of only a tone

Question 20

What is a sequence?

Answer 20

A pattern that repeats but moves either up or down on the repeat