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Texture
Flashcards do conjunto (13)
- 1What is unison?Music where different instruments or parts play or sing the same notes (not necessarily at the same pitch)
- 2What is monophonic?Monophonic means there is only one line of music - one instrument or singer. There is no accompaniment or secondary melody.
- 3HomophonicHomophonic music is based on chords. This can be a melody with a chordal accompaniment (melody dominated homophony) or where all parts have the same rhythm but different notes (such as a hymn tune). Homophonic music is also sometimes called chordal music.
- 4HeterophonicIf the same melody is played by more than one instrument simultaneously but one is a decorated version then this is referred to as a heterophonic texture
- 5PolyphonicPolyphonic music has parts that weave in and out of each other. Polyphonic music is also sometimes called contrapuntal music.
- 6FugueA fugue is a special type of polyphonic texture. Fugues always begin with a tune that is played on a solo instrument/voice or by instruments/voices in unison. This tune is then played by all the other instruments or voices in turn but not necessarily at the same pitch.
- 7A capellaAcapella music is always for voices. It is vocal music that has no instrumental accompaniment.
- 8Call and response (Antiphonal)This texture is when a solo is immediately answered by another tune played or sung by a group
- 9Melody and accompanimentThis is a melody which can be sung or played on an instrument, with an accompaniment
- 10DroneHeld or repeated chord
- 11PedalA single note that is held on, or repeated in, the bass.
- 12Ground bassTerm used in Baroque music where a bass part is repeated throughout the piece.
like Canon - 13ImitationWhere a melody in one part is repeated a few notes later in a different part, overlapping the melody in the first part which continues.
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- GCSE Music FlashCards sobre Texture, criado por Imogen Marlowe em 21-12-2016.
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