Intro to Music CH 4 Study Guide

Groupings of simultaneous pitches that work well in combination are

• octaves

• chromatic scales

• melodies

• chords

When a melody is accompanied by chords, the melody is

• dissonant

• polyphonic

• harmonized

• chromaticized

A chord that sounds good and creates stability can be described as

• dissonant

• homophonic

• imitative

• consonant

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

• dissonant

• a motive

• non-imitative

• consonant

In music, the term texture refers to

• blend of rhythm, meter and pulse in the music

• relationship between the pull toward or away from the tonic in harmony

• way different tone colors are combined in a piece of music

• blend of sounds or melodic lines occurring simultaneously in music

The three main textures in Western music are

• monophony, polyphony and counter point

• imitative polyphony, monophony, heterophony

• monophony, homophony and polyphony

• polyphony, imitative polyphony, heterophony

The texture of a single melody played without accompaniment is

• monophony

• homophony

• polyphony

• heterophony

When you sing in the shower, the texture is most likely to be

• monophony

• homophony

• polyphony

• heterophony

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