Texture in music

Monophonic Texture is...

• A texture with a melody and harmony

• How fast or slow the music is played

• A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

Polyphonic texture is...

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

• Two instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches

• A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

• A texture with a melody and harmony

Texture shows how many sounds or voices are heard and how they are combined.

• True

• False

It is the result of singing or playing a single melodic line

• Thin texture

• Thick texture

• soft texture

It is the result of singing or playing a single melodic line with accompaniment

• Thin texture

• Thick texture

• hard texture

True or False. Two songs sung at the same time is an example of a thin texture

• True

• False

True or False. Singing the Philippine National Anthem with accompaniment is an example of thick texture

• True

• False

_______________ is written for only one voice or part.

• Polyphonic texture

• Homophonic texture

• Monophonic texture

• Melody & accompaniment texture

In the ___________________ there are many melodic voices that are independent or imitative.

• Monophonic texture

• Homophonic texture

• Polyphonic texture

• Melody & accompaniment texture

In a _____________________________ there is one melody, and all the voices and accompaniments move rhythmically together (all the voices has the same rhythm).

• Polyphonic texture

• Homophonic texture

• Monophonic texture

• Melody & accompaniment texture