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Texture in music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Monophonic Texture is...

a)

A texture with a melody and harmony

b)

How fast or slow the music is played

c)

A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

d)

A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

2.

Polyphonic texture is...

a)

A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

b)

Two instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches

c)

A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

d)

A texture with a melody and harmony

3.

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

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

a)

Thin texture

b)

Thick texture

c)

soft texture

5.

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

a)

Thin texture

b)

Thick texture

c)

hard texture

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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

a)

True

b)

False

8.

_______________ is written for only one voice or part.

a)

Polyphonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Monophonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

9.

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

a)

Monophonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Polyphonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

10.

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

a)

Polyphonic texture

b)

Homophonic texture

c)

Monophonic texture

d)

Melody & accompaniment texture

11.

All sounds have their own texture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

One part, with accompaniment

a)

Polyphonic

b)

Homophonic

c)

Monophonic

d)

Unison

13.

What do we call the layers of sound heard in a piece of music? We often use the words thick and thin to describe it.

a)

Melody

b)

Harmony

c)

Texture

d)

Rhythm

14.

This means voices only, no instruments.

a)

A capella

b)

Canon

c)

Countermelody

d)

Partner Song

15.

A musical piece is made ______ by adding voice parts and instrumental accompaniments to it

a)

thin

b)

thick

c)

loud