Music 15 - Ch. 4 Texture
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- Texture
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= Fabric
text/lecture- refers to the interweaving of the melodic and harmonic elements of music. - Monophony/Monody
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Single-voiced
Melody is heard w/o any harmonic accompaniment or other melodic lines. - Heterophony
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Two or more voices simultaneously elaborating the SAME melody.
Usually melody with ornamented version of itself. - Polyphony
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Many-voiced texture
Two or more different melodic lines are combined, thus distributing melodic interest among all the parts.
Based on counterpoint. - Counterpoint
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Grove's - Term to describe the combination of simultaneously sounding musical lines (2 or more) according to a system of rules.
One musical line set against another. - Homophony
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Single voice takes over the melodic interest, while accompanying parts take subordinate role.
Polyrhythm
Accompaniment is usually harmony.
eg. Pianist play melody in right hand and left sounds chords; or violin melody with accompanied piano.
Based on harmony. - Homorhythm
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All voices/lines move in the same rhythm, in a note-against-note style.
Based on harmony moving in sync with a melody. (like homophony) - Free polyphony
- Many melodies in layered all moving at different rhythms and creating resultant melody and harmony.
- Imitative Polyphony
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Uses one melody layered and stretched out in time
[row row row your boat]
[row row row your boat] - Canon
- When imitation in piece lasts for an entire work.
- Round
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The simplest and most popular form of canon.
Each voice enters in succession with the same melody, which can be repeated endlessly. - Retrograde
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Contrapuntal Device
Melody played backwards - Inversion
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Contrapuntal Device
Melody played turned upside down. - Retrograde Inversion
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Contrapuntal Device
Melody played upside down and backwards. - Augmentation
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Contrapuntal Device
Melody played in longer time values, often twice as slow. - Diminution
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Contrapuntal Device
Melody is presented in short time values.