CH 05-06, Texture and Form

A texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line is called

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

• Canonic

• Monophonic

When two or more independent melodic lines are combined, the resulting texture is called

• Polyphonic

• Monophonic

• Homophonic

• Canonic

A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is called

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

• Canonic

• Monophonic

The procedure in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another is called

• Polyphonic

• Canonic

• Monophonic

• Homophonic

What quality of a work of art refers to its structure or shape?

• Melody

• Harmony

• Texture

• Form

A vocal work in which each poetic stanza is sung to the same melody is in

• Strophic form

• Ternary form

• Binary form

• Through-composed form

The technique through which performers create music on the spot is known as

• Syncopation

• Binary form

• Improvisation

• Call-Response

Ternary form is represented by the pattern

• AB

• ABC

• ABA

• ABRACADABRA

The separate sections of a large musical work are called

• Themes

• Motives

• Movements

• Sequences

The smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called a

• Half step

• Movement

• Motive

• Strophic