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Chapt 1: Texture
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homophonic Texture | One melody with accompaniment |
| Texture | The weaving together of melody/ies and accompaniment |
| Monophonic texture | one melody with no accompaniment |
| unison | a number of instruments/voices singing the same thing together |
| a cappella | unaccompanied |
| block chords | the notes of the chords sounded together |
| Broken chords | the notes of the chord separated/sounding one after the other |
| Polyphonic texture | Two or more independent melodies weaving togther |
| imitation | One voice/part copies another |
| Canon | strict imitation |
| counterpoint/contrapuntal | one melody moving agaist another melody |