Large Scale Form and Texture

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Texture - One melodic line that occurs through a single part or multiple parts playing the same melody

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Monophony

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Texture - One clear melodic line with all the others providing as harmony/accompaniment

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Homophony

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Texture - One melodic line with different variations of the melody performed at the same time

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Heterophony

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Texture - Independent melodic musical lines throughout a score

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Polyphony

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Traditional sacred hymns are an example of...

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Homophony

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A large-scale form in 2 sections (AB)

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Binary

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In order for a piece to be SECTIONAL, what has to occur? The A section must end on tonic in the original key.

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The A section must end on tonic in the original key.

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If the A section of a piece ends on something other than tonic in the original key, it is considered...

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Continuous

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When the A section has a repeat sign or a written-out repetition of the musical material, it is considered...

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Two-Reprise

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Large Scale Form ABA (final A section can have an added coda/codetta or be prime in nature)

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Ternary