What is the texture of a piece of music called when all instruments and voices play the same melodic line but in different registers?
Polyphonic
Unison
Homophonic
What is the name given to a melody that is sung or played at the same time as an existing melody?
Antiphonal
Echos
Countermelody
Where or when might you hear a descant sung?
In a solo audition for a talent show
In the final verse of a Christmas carol
In the first verse of a Christmas carol
What is the name given to the monophonic chanting done by monks?
Herculian chant
Julian chant
Gregorian chant
What is polyphonic music also sometimes known as?
Chordal music
A cappella
Contrapuntal music
What is it called when a solo is immediately answered by another tune that is played or sung by a group?
Call and response
Melody and accompaniment
Song and dance
What does monophonic mean?
One melody line
Parts moving in harmony
Parts moving independently
What texture does music have when melodic ideas are passed around two or more groups of singers or players?
Heterophony
Antiphony
What does homophonic mean?
All melodies move independently
All parts move at the same time in the same rhythm and in harmony – chordal movement
One melodic line with no accompaniment, played by everyone
Listen to the following extract:
When the solo violin is playing. What is the overall texture of the music?
Monophonic