Texture

Match the following textures to their graphic example?

• Polyphonic

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• Heterophonic

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• Homophonic

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• Monophonic

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Texture can be described as the...............in the music

Monophonic​ (a)   is when there is only a ​ (b)   melody and no chordal or melodic​ ​ (c)  

• texture
• singular
• accompaniment
• dynamics
• timbre

Reorder the following textures in order of their complexity. Starting with the simplest first.

• polyphonic

• monophonic

• homophonic

• melody and accompaniment

What is the meaning of texture in music?

• The different layers of the music

• The different voices of the music

• The different dynamics of the music

• The different instruments in the music

What does monophonic mean?

• a singular melody without accompaniment

• many melodies with accompaniment

• lots of instruments playing at the same time

• lots of singers singing at the different times

One singer or many singers singing the same melody at the same time without accompaniment, is known as monophony.

• True

• False

What is the meaning of Melody and Accompaniment?

• single melody which moves in a different rhythm to the chordal accompaniment

• single melody line which moves in the same rhythm as the chords

• many different melodies moving totgether

• many different melodies moving against each other

Identify the texture of this excerpt?

• polyphonic

• monophonic

• biphonic

• homophonic

What is the texture of this piece of music?

• biphonic

• heterophonic

• canonic

• monophonic