GCSE Music: Texture - Terminology

What is the texture of a piece of music called when all instruments and voices play the same melodic line but in different registers?

• Polyphonic

• Unison

• Homophonic

What is the name given to a melody that is sung or played at the same time as an existing melody?

• Antiphonal

• Echos

• Countermelody

Where or when might you hear a descant sung?

• In the final verse of a Christmas Carol

• In the first verse of a Christmas Carol

• Karaoke

What is the name given to the monophonic chanting done by monks?

• Germanic Chant

• Gregorian Chant

• Roman Chant

What is polyphonic music also sometimes known as?

• Contrapuntal Music

• A Capella

• Chordal Music

What is it called when a solo is immediately answered by another tune that is played or sung by a group?

• Melody and accompaniment

• Call & Response

• Song and dance

What does monophonic mean?

• One melody line

• Parts moving in harmony

• Parts moving independently

What texture does music have when melodic ideas are passed around two or more groups of singers or players?

• Melody and accompaniment

• Antiphony

• Heterophony

What does homophonic mean?

• All parts move at the same time in the same rhythm and in harmony – chordal movement

• All melodies move independently

• One melodic line with no accompaniment, played by everyone

True or False. Imitation is where a melody is played in unison with other melodies.

• False

• True