TEXTURE

What musical element refers to the way timbre, rhythm, melody, and harmony are combined?

• texture
• articulation
• dynamics
• tempo

A chord that sounds discordant, unstable, or in need of resolution is called:

• Dissonant
• A motive
• Non-imitative
• Consonant

The texture of a single melody played without accompaniment is

• Monophony
• Polyphony
• Homophony
• Imitative counterpoint

Homophony occurs when:

• various musical lines are heard one after another with the same melody or similar  melodies.
  
• the melody is heard in one line and the other parts have clearly less important  material that forms an accompaniment.
• all musical lines are heard simultaneously, but each has a different melody.
• all voices or parts are heard simultaneously with the same melody.

The texture that combines two or more individual melody lines simultaneously is:

• Monophony
• Consonant
• Homophony
• Polyphony

Non-imitative polyphony occurs when:

• various musical lines are heard one after another with the same melody or similar melodies.
• the main melody is heard in one line and the other parts have clearly less important material, forming an accompaniment to the melody.
• all musical lines are heard simultaneously, but each has a different melody.
• all voices or parts are heard simultaneously with the same melody.

Imitative polyphony occurs when:

• various musical lines are heard one after another with the same melody or similar melodies.
• the main melody is heard in one line and the other parts have clearly less important material, forming an accompaniment to the melody.
• all musical lines are heard simultaneously, but each has a different melody.
• all voices or parts are heard simultaneously with the same melody.

When a melody is accompanied with chords, the melody is:

• Harmonized
• Dissonant
• Polyphonic
• Chromaticized

Which term is used to describe multiple independent melody lines?

• Polyphonic
• Homophonic
• Monophonic
• Heterophonic

Which term is used to describe a melodic line played by multiple instruments in unison?

• Polyphonic
• Homophonic
• Monophonic
• Heterophonic