The Organization of Music

What is musical texture?

• How rough the performers look

• Density or 'thickness' of the music

• The Tone quality of instruments

• Volume of the music

What musical texture is represented in this graphic?

• Homophony

• Monophony

• Polyphony

• Melody and Accompaniment

Which of the examples below is NOT an example of a musical texture?

• Homophony

• Ensemble

• Melody and chords

• Monophony

Which word best describes a single lined musical texture?

• Homophony

• Polyphony

• Melody and chords

• Monophony

Musical texture in which there are multiple lines of equal melodic importance:

• Homophony

• Polyphony

• Melody and chords

• Monophony

What is harmony?

• Harmony is when people play instruments

• Harmony is one pitch being played at a time

• Harmony is people playing more than one instrument

• Harmony is multiple different pitches sounding at once

Which are the three main chords used in a song?

• I, III, V

• I, IV, V

• I, V, VI

• IV, V, VI

Bright, happy sounds indicate... what kind of chords?

• Major

• Minor

Triads are chords made of _______ notes.

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Six

The three basic triads in the Western musical system are the tonic, the dominant, and the...

• Supertonic

• Mediant

• Submediant

• Subdominant