GCSE Music Textures (Musical Theatre)

The parts gradually enter one by one

• solo

• layered texture

• chorus

• call and response

A group of singers singing the same part together, maybe harmonising

• contrapuntal

• chorus

• backing vocals

• unison

One instrument/voice performs alone, maybe accompanied

• monophonic

• unison

• solo

• leader

a dense texture, with many dominant parts interweaving

• polyphonic

• homophonic

• harmony

• Les Miserables

an additional melody

• submelody

• countermelody

• plusmelody

• addmelody

Singers performing the same melody at the same pitch

• Homophonic

• Unison

• Duet

• Solo

One voice sings/plays a question and a different part plays an answering phrase (that is different).

• call and response

• call and answer

• melody and response

• melody and answer

One line only (no accompaniment or other parts)

• polyphonic

• homophonic

• monophonic