GCSE Music: Texture

all parts (at different pitches) move together in the same rhythm

two or more simultaneous melodies

When different parts use similar melodic material

• imitative

• homophonic

• canon

the same melody repeated in a different part after a given duration

Minimalist music often uses this type of texture

a soloist sings a phrase to which a group of singers respond

in which two or more spatially separated soloists or groups perform alternately

• homophonic

• monophonic

• antiphonal

• unison

an unaccompanied melodic line

a melody with accompaniment

an unaccompanied melodic line performed by a number of people who all play at the same pitch

• unison

• octaves