WorksheetsTexture
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 30mins
Match the following textures to their graphic example?
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Heterophonic
Homophonic
Texture can be described as the (a) in the music
Monophonic (a) is when there is only a (b) melody and no chordal or melodic (c)
Reorder the following textures in order of their complexity. Starting with the simplest first.
monophonic
homophonic
melody and accompaniment
polyphonic
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
Describe the texture in this musical excerpt?
monophonic
polyphonic
melody and accompaniment
canonic
What is the texture of this piece of music?
melody and accompaniment
monophonic
heterophonic
polyphonic
Describe the texture of this excerpt?
homophonic
monophonic
melody and accompaniment
biphonic
Identify the texture in this example of music?
melody and accompaniment
polyphonic
biphonic
antiphony
Describe the texture in this Beatles classic track?
polyphonic
monophonic
heterophonic
melody and accompaniment
Describe the texture in this intro by Whitney Houston?
monophonic
polyphonic
heterophonic
contrapuntal
Queen's classic track We Will Rock You uses which texture in the verse?
monophony
polyphony
homophony
melody and accompaniment
This track by Bach uses which form of textural device?
counterpoint
melody and accompaniment
This choir uses which texture to form more interest in the chorus?
polyphony
melody and accompaniment
homophony
monophony
Which textural device is being used in this choir as a call and response technique?
antiphony
canon
polyphony
monophony
Biphonic is where the music has a continuous sustaining note and there are moving parts played on top of it.
False
True
Antiphony is when a melody or phrase is sung as a (a) and (b)
A canon is a contrapuntal device where a melody is (a) slightly after the initial melody?
Heterophonic is where (a) or more (b) performing (c) of the same melody?
Texture is used in music to add more................to the melody and chords of the music?
interest and variation
simplicity
timbre
dynamics
